A resident of Miory and her seven-day-old daughter died in a road accident on the way from the maternity hospital

February 25, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Three people, including a seven-day-old girl, died, and two others sustained injuries of varying severity on February 24 as a result of a road traffic accident in the Miory district. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the agitation and propaganda department of the traffic police department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate. The tragedy occurred on the 70th km of the Polotsk - Braslav road near the village of Masevtsy in the Miory district. While maneuvering, a Ford Escort car drove into the oncoming lane, where it collided with a Volkswagen Sharan moving in its lane. As a result, three passengers of the Ford died: a woman born in 1956, a young mother born in 1991, and her 7-day-old daughter, all residents of Miory. The driver of the Ford, born in 1990, and another passenger, the husband of the deceased, born in 1988, were hospitalized with leg fractures at the Miory Central District Hospital. It was established that the young family was returning home from Polotsk, where their daughter was born and the wife had been in the maternity hospital. They were accompanied by a nurse, also a resident of Miory. The driver of the Volkswagen sustained minor bodily injuries, and a female passenger traveling with him was unharmed. A criminal case has been initiated in connection with this incident. -0-