In Soligorsk, a car hit a 15-year-old cyclist at a pedestrian crossing

August 15, Minsk . In Soligorsk, a car hit a 15-year-old cyclist at a pedestrian crossing; in Zhodino, an electric scooter driver was injured. BELTA was informed about this by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.

So, on August 14, at about 7.10, at 32 km of the P53 highway within the boundaries of Zhodino, a 60-year-old local resident in an Audi car was driving from Minsk in the direction of Borisov and collided with an electric scooter driven by a 67-year-old local resident that had left a secondary road. As a result of the accident, the driver of the electric scooter was hospitalized with injuries.

On the same day, at about 17.15, at the intersection of Molodezhnaya Street and Zaslonova Street in Soligorsk, a 27-year-old local resident, driving a Citroen car, moving along Molodezhnaya Street and performing a left turn maneuver on Zaslonova Street, hit a 15-year-old cyclist . The teenager was crossing the roadway at a controlled pedestrian crossing at a traffic light.

As a result of the accident, a minor was hospitalized with injuries.

Investigations into accidents are carried out.

The traffic police urges drivers to be extremely careful and think through every maneuver. Cyclists also need to exercise caution in traffic, especially when crossing roads. You are allowed to not dismount on a bicycle when crossing the roadway at a pedestrian crossing, but when approaching it, you should slow down in advance, make sure it is safe to enter the road, and move no faster than a walking pedestrian. When approaching an intersection with a roadway, a cyclist must slow down in advance and, after making sure that the roadway is safe to enter, cross it at the speed of a walking pedestrian. Persons using personal mobility devices should not only not create obstacles for the movement of other pedestrians, but also must give them priority. The speed of such vehicles should not exceed 25 km/h; they are prohibited from carrying passengers if the device does not have a special seat. Traffic on the SPM is ableAlcohol intoxication is prohibited.