Three women died and a teenage boy was seriously hurt when a car driven by an inebriated man hit all of them in Piatra village of Orhei district last night.

Contacted by IPN for details, press officer of the Orhei Police Inspectorate, said the 30-year-old driver was travelling on the main street of the village towards the municipality of Orhei. He tried to overtake a car moving in front of him. He mounted the curb and struck four of the six pedestrians walking by. It was later established that the man was under the influence of alcohol and had a concentration of 1.33 mg/l of alcohol in the exhaled air.

As a result of the impact, two women aged 49 and 60 died on the spot. A woman aged 21 and a 14-year-old boy were rushed to the hospital in a serious state. The young woman didn’t make it.

The driver is under arrest and faces 7 to 12 years in jail and ban on driving motor vehicles.