A Mercedes Benz driver, driving out of the station premises, took an unreasonably high speed and caught a car standing next to him. He then rode into the sidewalk where the people were. An 11-year-old boy lost his life.
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In connection with the incident, criminal proceedings have been initiated, CSDD representative Ieva Bērziņa said in the program, who added that it is not possible to comment further on the situation and can only express condolences to parents.
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Bērziņa revealed that the accident took place outside the technical inspection station in the territory of the Road Traffic Safety Directorate, “at very low speeds and restricted traffic”. “A very unfortunate coincidence and a very tragic accident.”
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It will already be announced that a child was run over in Riga, on Friday, July 31, at the CSDD technical inspection station on Antenas Street.
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State Police spokesperson Līna Kaļķe assured LETA that the police received the call to Antenas Street at around 13.23, where a Mercedes Benz car drove a minor boy who died from his injuries.
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The police are currently explaining the circumstances.
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The agency LETA Bērziņa was told that no such tragedies had occurred at the Road Traffic Safety Directorate before.
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It has already been reported that this year there have been several traffic accidents in Latvia in which children have died.
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On July 5, in Riga, in the backyard, the car reversed a child’s car seat, killing the baby in a tragic accident.
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On June 27, a woman driving an Opel in Nīca district entered the opposite lane for an unexplained reason in a collision with a truck. The accident killed everyone in the Opel – the driver and two of her young daughters.
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At the end of June, a woman and a child were killed in a collision of three cars on the Daugavpils highway, but five more people were seriously injured.
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