Over the weekend, two people died and three were injured in a traffic accident in the Minsk region

October 30, Minsk . Over the past weekend, three road accidents were registered in the Minsk region, as a result of which two people died (including a one-year-old child) and three were injured. BELTA was informed about this by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.

On October 29, at about 09.15, on the 1st kilometer of the Rakov - Ivenets - Dzerzhinovo highway, Volozhin district, a 37-year-old Minsk resident driving a Citroen Xantia car was in a state ofalcohol intoxication (1.22 ppm) lost control. The man drove into a ditch and hit a roadside tree. The driver was hospitalized with injuries.

On the same day, at about 15.49, on the 40th kilometer of the P23 Minsk - Mikashevichi highway near the village of Deshchenka, Uzdensky district, a 76-year-old Minsk resident driving a Renault Megane was moving in the direction of Minsk. The pensioner incorrectly chose the distance to a Renault car in front driven by a 45-year-old resident of the Minsk region and collided with it. As a result of the accident, a 14-year-old passenger was taken to the hospital with injuries.

At about 18.50, on the 364th kilometer of the M1 highway Brest - Minsk - the border of the Russian Federation in the Minsk region, a 42-year-old Minsk resident driving a Hyundai Elantra hit a moose while driving in the far left lane. The driver and his one-year-old daughter died at the scene of the accident. The traffic police clarified that the child was in the back seat of the car without a child restraint. A 39-year-old passenger was taken to hospital with injuries. According to preliminary information, the victim was not wearing a seat belt.

Investigations into the facts of the accident are being carried out.

Over the weekend, 22 drunk drivers were detained in the Minsk region, and 39 cases of driving by persons without the appropriate license were stopped.

According to the traffic police, 515 pedestrians were brought to administrative responsibility for violating traffic rules, 105 of them were drunk, 242 pedestrians were not marked with reflective elements. Traffic police inspectors in the Minsk region also identified 40 cases of speed limit violations.

Over two days, 52 accidents without injuries were registered in the Minsk region, where cars received mechanical damage.

The traffic police reminds that the most dangerous period of the day for road accidents involving wild animals is the evening and morning twilight. At this time, visual acuity and attentiveness of drivers decrease, and animals, in turn, increase activity.

Drivers moving along the forest must always be careful while driving, and when entering the area of ​​the warning road sign “Wild Animals”, they must monitor a safe driving speed. If you see an animal near the road or on the roadway , you must reduce your speed as much as possible, even stopping, and turn on your hazard warning lights to attract the attention of other road users.

The traffic police also informs that from October 20 to 30, a republican preventive campaign “Don’t be invisible on the road!” to prevent accidents involving pedestrians, popularize the use of reflective elements and high-visibility vests at night. The regional preventive campaign "Safe Holidays", aimed at preventing car accidents involving minors, will last from October 23 to November 7.