Teenage cyclist hospitalized with open cranial-cerebral trauma

A teen aged 17 was thrown off his bicycle when he ran into a car that stopped suddenly on Traian Blvd. in Chisinau. He was rushed to “Valentin Ignatenko” Hospital with an open cranial-cerebral trauma, Maria Shamatailo, coordinating doctor at the Chisinau Ambulance Service, has told Info-Prim Neo. A 22-year-old man was struck by a car at the intersection of Vadul lui Voda and Mesterul Manole streets. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital with a trauma of the backbone. A man aged 49 was admitted to the same hospital after he fell off the roof of his house in Botanica district. He suffered a concussion. A woman, 30, was hit by a car at a crosswalk, at the intersection of the streets Hancesti and Academiei. She got her leg broken. Yesterday and last night, the Chisinau Ambulance Service dealt with 712 calls, including 59 cases of acute viral infection, 63 cases of trauma, six strokes and 22 deliveries. Two men and one woman died suddenly.