Men were invisible, as there were no retro-reflective materials on the clothes. The driver on the car knocked down two pedestrians, one died on the spot. About it reports UGIBDD Ministry of Internal Affairs for Mari El.
Yesterday, at about 20.30 an accident occurred at 85 km of the Kazan road. 30-year-old driver on the "twelfth" shot down two men.
"It turns out that pedestrians crossed the road when it was dark, and moreover outside the settlement. The driver did not notice them, as there were no retro-reflective tapes on their clothes," they specified in the department.
As a result, one pedestrian died on the spot without waiting for an ambulance, the second man was injured and was taken to hospital, he was found to be intoxicated.
In addition, yesterday at about 14.20, an 18-year-old VAZ-2112 driver shot down a 17-year-old student at Ryabinin.
"For preliminary reasons, a college student ran across the road in the wrong place, although there was a zebra nearby. As a result, he received serious injuries and he was immersed in an ambulance and taken to hospital," the office said.
Also, traffic police inspectors stopped more than 170 traffic violations and detained seven drunk drivers.
Do you have light reflective fabrics on your clothes?
"It's not for nothing that the law was invented and obliged to fasten reflective elements on your clothes. Due to the negligence of pedestrians themselves, so many accidents occur. The retro-reflective elements are now available, you can buy them at the post office and not only, duck the chain and let them hang, do not interfere," said reader Valentina.
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