Two women died in an accident in Warsaw's Mokotów district. Four injured people are in hospital, including the most seriously injured 3.5-year-old child. A recording of the moment of the accident has appeared on the web. Łukasz Wieczorek talks about the tragic events in the program “Polska i Świat” on TVN24.
When did the accident happen? Mr. Marek was at home. – Everyone is calling: help, help! Crying, screaming. I quickly got dressed and jumped out – a resident of Mokotów related in a conversation with a TVN24 reporter.
When he reached the scene, several people were already administering first aid to those hit by the SUV driver. Ambulances were on the way. Two people died in the accident, eight were injured, including a 3.5-year-old child. – The child was lying by the curb, at the very end, crying terribly. About three people were interested in the child. Someone was already there with him, there was a first aid kit, a car one – described Mr. Marek.
The accident occurred in Warsaw's Mokotów district.. A driver driving down Woronicza Street ran over a 48-year-old woman on a pedestrian crossing. According to the City Reporter, who published a recording, It comes from a city bus camera (due to its graphic nature, we only show a fragment).
Two women died, a child in hospital
According to the police, the driver lost control of the vehicle. – He drove into a bus stop where there were people waiting for the bus. A woman who was crossing the street died at the scene – said Kamil Sobótka from the press team of the Warsaw Police Headquarters.
Doctors were also unable to save a 65-year-old woman who was standing at the bus stop. She died in the ambulance. Three women with head and leg injuries, as well as a 3.5-year-old, were taken to hospital. His condition is serious but stable. The driver was sober. As we have unofficially determined, the 45-year-old had his driving license revoked a year ago.
According to Mr. Marek, he could have been going 70, 80 kilometers per hour, or maybe “even a hundred.”
An accident on a straight section of road
– Police officers are working at the scene. They are establishing the circumstances of the incident. Of course, under the supervision of a road accident expert. All the circumstances of the incident will be established, as well as the speed of the driver of the vehicle – announced cadet Sobótka from the KSP.
The accident occurred on a straight section of road. Driving conditions were very good.
– When the pedestrian was hit on the pedestrian crossing, the situation that surprised (the driver – ed.) could have caused him to panic. He did not know what to do and unfortunately only physical force stopped his vehicle – speculates Roman Nowak, director of the Pomeranian Road Traffic Centre.
Police looking for witnesses to the tragedy
Last year, there were almost three thousand accidents at pedestrian crossings in Poland. That's 14 percent of all road accidents. 143 people died in them.
– Also as pedestrians, before we set foot on the road, even at this pedestrian crossing, let's check what's happening on the left and on the right. And let's be 100 percent sure, not 99 percent, that other drivers see us and we can safely cross to the other side of the road – Nowak adds.
The police are asking witnesses to the accident to contact the Warsaw II District Police Headquarters in Mokotów or call 112. Any information can help answer the key question: what happened here?
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