In Irkutsk on Ryabikov Boulevard, an unknown foreign car driver hit an eight year old schoolboy and fled the scene. Witnesses saved the child with multiple fractures, carried him into a store, and called an ambulance. Police are now searching for the driver and asking witnesses to come forward.
At noon on November 21, on Ryabikova Boulevard, an unknown driver in a foreign car hit a schoolboy and fled the scene. The eight-year-old child, lying on the asphalt, was rescued by witnesses to the accident. Passersby picked up the boy, carried him into the nearest store, and called an ambulance.- The accident occurred near building No. 4, next to a flower shop, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region clarified. - The boy suffered multiple fractures. The child is now receiving surgical care in the hospital.
At present, police officers are identifying witnesses and bystanders to the incident, including those who helped the boy. Police are also searching for the driver himself and are urging him to come forward and turn himself in to the duty station.
- Traffic police officers are appealing to witnesses of the road traffic accident to assist the police and report to the nearest internal affairs department, - the Ministry of Internal Affairs added.