Six children were hit by a car on Wednesday evening while they were on a pedestrian crossing in the municipality of Petrosani, Hunedoara County. After the accident, medical teams resuscitated an 11-year-old child, four others were hospitalized, and the sixth was hospitalized in a family hospital. The driver, a 19-year-old boy, fled the scene of the accident and was later found by the police. He does not have a driver’s license, writes News.ro.

“Today, around 10:00 p.m., the police of the Petroshan municipality were informed that on the street of December 1, 1918 in Petroshan, a driver injured six young people at a pedestrian crossing, after which he disappeared from the scene. Shortly after the start of the special measures, a 19-year-old man from Aninoasa, who does not have a driver’s license, was identified in the city of Aninoasa, on Căzăneşti Street, as a suspect in an accident,” IPJ Hunedoara reports. .

He will be taken to the police department for tests, and biological blood samples will be taken to determine the alcohol content in the blood.

Criminal proceedings have been opened in the case.

The age of the children is from 11 to 14 years.

Announcement of intervention groups

“Recently in Petroshan, 6 children were injured by a car at a pedestrian crossing. Three SMURD ambulances and three SAJs were urgently dispatched. From the first information received, it appears that at the moment 3 children have been transported by SAJ Hunedoara to Petrosani Municipal Hospital, and one by the SMURD crew,” ISU Hunedoara said on Wednesday evening.

For a child aged approximately 11 years, medics started resuscitation at the scene of the accident.

The family sent the sixth child to the hospital.