Eight-year-old girl died in a traffic accident in the Uzun district of the Surkhandarya province, MY5 TV channel said in a story Wednesday.
The driver, 29, in a GM Nexia-2 ignored a school advance sign and hit the girl who was crossing the road at a zebra crossing.
When I drew level with the truck, a child ran out from behind it. I pressed the brake, but had already hit the person, - the driver said.
The mother of the deceased asked for a very strict punishment in order to prevent such accidents, protect children and so that this would become a lesson for others. The man was sentenced to 5-year imprisonment in a general colony.
On July 20 in the Mirzo-Ulugbek district there was a fatal accident involving two cars and a pedestrian. The driver of the GM Tracker lost control and hit a pedestrian standing on the side of the road, he died on the spot. A criminal case has been opened.
