A 25-year-old road-hog has killed two children Road-hog who killed two children in in hit-and-run accident does not have a driver’s license. Moreover, the driver used the number plate from another car.
According to the press center of the Interior Ministry’s office in Dushanbe, the accident took place Thursday (February 22) evening at the intersection of Abay and 50 Solagii Tojikiston streets.
The 25-year-old Marouf Sharifov reportedly failed to control his Audi and hit two children, the 10-year-old Hamza Norov and the 11-year-old Dilnoza Norova. He fled the scene of the accident and the children died on the way to hospital.
Marouf Sharifov was detained by police on the next day. It turned out the he does not have a driver’s license. Criminal proceedings have been instituted against him and an investigation is under the way.
The charges brought against Marouf Sharifov carry up to a total of up to 15 years in prison under Tajikistan’s Penal Code.
Meanwhile, on more fatal traffic accident took place the same day in the city of Nurek at around 10:00 pm. The 31-year-old resident off the Danghara district (Khatlon province), Rajabali Kholiqov failed to control his Opel-Astra and hit the 25-year-old Qiyomiddin Rajabov. Rajabov died on the spot, according to the Interior Ministry’s website.
According to the statistical data from the Interior Ministry, 1,303 traffic accidents took place in Tajikistan last year. 431 people were killed and 1,400 others were injured in those accidents.
