A child died on May 15 in a traffic accident wgich occurred in Kukdala district of Kashkadarya province, the press service of the provincial traffic police said.
A footage that went viral on social media shows the Nexia driver stopping for several children to cross the road at a pedestrian crossing. When the guys started moving, one of them was hit by a KamAZ truck driving in the adjacent lane at high speed.
A criminal case has been launched under Violation of traffic safety rules or operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of a person Charge of the Criminal Code. The driver was arrested.
In 2022, a similar accident occurred in the Kamashi district of Kashkadarya. The KamAZ driver hit a 9-year-old girl without stopping before crossing, unlike other cars.