Nine persons were killed and 72 injured in 49 road accidents that happened during the last five nonworking days, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting the Traffic Police Division. A VAZ-2105 skidded on a road in Stefan Voda district on August 27 and went straight into a tree. The 28-year-old driver died on the spot, while his mother died in the hospital several hours later. Two persons, one of whom a police officer, were killed when a BMW collided head-on with a Mercedes on the Chisinau-Cimislia-Taraclia road later the same day. The body of a 50-year-old man was discovered on the roadside in Domulgeni village, Floresti, on August 28. The police established the man was struck by a Volkswagen Golf. The driver was identified shortly afterwards. Another two car accidents that resulted in deaths occurred in Soroca district on August 29. The driver of a motorcycle MT-10 lost control of the vehicle while going through Cainarii-Vechi village and crashed it into a fence. The 22-year-old driver died immediately. The same day, a BYD F3 car skidded on the Soroca-Arionesti-Moghiliov Podolsk road and overturned. The driver was killed. A 19-year-old girl was hit by a VAZ 2108 car on a road that connects Sarata-Noua and Iargara villages of Leova district on August 30. She was inebriated and fell asleep on the roadway. On August 31, a child of six was killed, while his sister aged 9 and his parents were seriously injured in a car accident near Floresti town. The minibus in which they were traveling made a U-turn and overturned when speeding.