The driver mixed up the gears and fatally injured a pedestrian in the Urals

In the city of Plast, Chelyabinsk region, a passenger car hit two men while reversing. One of the victims died in hospital, the regional State Traffic Inspectorate reported on its Telegram channel.

The hit-and-run occurred on Wednesday afternoon, April 9, near house No. 49a on Oktyabrskaya Street. According to preliminary data, the 65-year-old driver of the VAZ-2107 started the car without noticing that he had reverse gear turned on.

The car started moving and hit two 38-year-old men, writes the news agency " <url>". They were taken to the hospital, where one of the victims died from his injuries.

On the fact of the incident, police officers organized a check. All circumstances are being established.

On the night of April 2, in the Karymsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory, a resident of the village of Darasun was killed as a result of a car collision. The driver of the car was a drunk girl who did not have a driver's license.