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| ‘He’s fine’: Moldovan president rushed to hospital after car crash (VIDEO) | ‘He’s fine’: Moldovan president rushed to hospital after car crash (VIDEO) |
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| Moldovan President Igor Dodon was rushed to hospital after his motorcade was involved in a car accident near the city of Straseni, a police spokesperson has confirmed. | Moldovan President Igor Dodon was rushed to hospital after his motorcade was involved in a car accident near the city of Straseni, a police spokesperson has confirmed. |
| The incident happened near the city of Straseni on Sunday, as Dodon was traveling from the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, to the western city of Ungheni, local media reported. | |
| The president’s car reportedly flipped over during the crash, sources told local news agency Unimedia. Video footage of the crash site shows two black cars in a ditch near the road, one of which is overturned. A white truck with a damaged cabin can be also seen on the road. The vehicle reportedly belonged to a poultry farm. | The president’s car reportedly flipped over during the crash, sources told local news agency Unimedia. Video footage of the crash site shows two black cars in a ditch near the road, one of which is overturned. A white truck with a damaged cabin can be also seen on the road. The vehicle reportedly belonged to a poultry farm. |
| “President Igor Dodon feels fine. He didn’t require medical treatment,” Dodon’s adviser Maxim Lebedinschi wrote on Facebook. He added that another vehicle crashed into the motorcade while violating traffic rules. | “President Igor Dodon feels fine. He didn’t require medical treatment,” Dodon’s adviser Maxim Lebedinschi wrote on Facebook. He added that another vehicle crashed into the motorcade while violating traffic rules. |
| While the president was unharmed, his mother was injured in the crash, a member of Dodon’s security team told TASS news agency. | |
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| Two presidential security guards were also rushed to hospital. “The presidential motorcade was abiding by the traffic rules. Then a truck, coming from the opposite direction, hit two cars of the SPPS [State Protection and Guard Service],” the SPPS head Anatol Gorea told Publika.md. | Two presidential security guards were also rushed to hospital. “The presidential motorcade was abiding by the traffic rules. Then a truck, coming from the opposite direction, hit two cars of the SPPS [State Protection and Guard Service],” the SPPS head Anatol Gorea told Publika.md. |
| Igor Dodon, 43, assumed the presidency in 2016, having previously served as deputy prime minister and minister of economy. | Igor Dodon, 43, assumed the presidency in 2016, having previously served as deputy prime minister and minister of economy. |
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