Two people, imprisoned following an accident of a Mercedes Sprinter with a tractor, at night, on a route in Moldova | PiataAuto.md
September 14, 2022, 08:47
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A serious accident, and unfortunately still eloquent for Moldova, took place on the night between September 12 and 13, on the national route R1/E58, Chisinau-Ungheni, near the town of Bucovăț. A Mercedes Sprinter hit a Belarusian MTZ tractor head-on, which it did not notice in time, most likely due to poor or non-existent lighting, co-opted with an inappropriate speed.
The impact was strong, the two vehicles being heavily damaged and ricocheting, the Mercedes ending up in a ditch on the side of the road. The driver and passenger of the minibus were caught between the contorted beasts, and the tractor driver was injured. The latter was taken over by an ambulance, and the rescue of the two people from the Mercedes required the intervention of IGSU rescuers, three teams working on this intervention. After release, these two people were also transported to the hospital in Străseni.
Unfortunately, we still have slow vehicles on the roads, which often drive without lights or too poorly lit, but also drivers who, especially during the agricultural season, neglect the specifics of the presence of these vehicles on national routes and fail to adjust their speed. . Those from IGSU do not announce for now what the exact scenario was in this accident, noting that the police will carry out a full investigation.