The four-month-old child in the Volkswagen car involved in the accident that occurred on October 4 near Fundul Galbenei settlement died at the hospital. The information was confirmed for IPN by Veronica Istrati, spokesman of the Ministry of Health.
"The baby died on the evening of October 4th. His parents, including the driver of the car involved in the accident, are in serious condition,” said Veronica Istrati.
Silvia Vetcu, press officer of Ialoveni Police, told IPN that a possible cause of the accident could be the fact that the driver of the Volkswagen car entered in the wrong way without assuring himself. "We will be able to learn more about the circumstances that caused the Volkswagen car to enter in the wrong way after hearing the driver. At the moment the hearing cannot take place because the man is in serious condition at the hospital,” said Silvia Vetcu.
So far, there is no information whether the baby who died in the accident was in a car seat.
Following the frontal impact between a Volkswagen car and a minibus with passengers on Chisinau-Basarabeasca route, 21 people were transported to the hospital, of which three children. The Prehospital Emergency Medical Care National Center says that following the accident it instituted a red intervention code.
