A policeman from Acciuni Speciale Galati died in a motorcycle accident on the seafront in the city

The policeman from Special Actions was on a motorcycle, with a 34-year-old young woman, and was riding on the seafront in Galati, when at one point a 25-year-old driver, driving a Mercedes car , he returned without making sure.

Cristian Laurenţiu Jalbă could no longer avoid the impact and went full speed into the car, being thrown onto the asphalt, just like his passenger. The policeman was urgently transported to the hospital, but the doctors could not do anything to save his life.

“On May 5, 2024, at 2:52 p.m., the Galati County Police Inspectorate was alerted by calling SNUAU 112 regarding the occurrence of a road accident on Marea Unire boulevard in the city of Galati, resulting in the bodily injury of two people.

From the preliminary investigations, the police officers from the Galaţi Road Bureau established that a car, driven by a 25-year-old young man from the municipality of Galaţi, while traveling on the said street in the 1st traffic lane, with the direction of travel from Portului street towards Cloșca boulevard, after passing Viva Park and arriving in front of a church, he would have performed the turning maneuver, at which point he would have collided with a motorcycle traveling in the same direction on lane 2 and which was driven by a 41-year-old man from the city of Galati.

As a result of the impact, two people who were on the motorcycle at that time were injured, it is about its driver who was seriously injured and a 34-year-old woman.

The medical crews from SMURD Galati and from the Galati County Ambulance Service who intervened on the scene performed resuscitation maneuvers on the injured man, after which he was transported to the hospital in an unconscious state. The passenger on the motorcycle was also taken to the hospital, in order to receive medical care.

The driver has a valid driver’s license, and when tested with the breathalyzer, the result was negative.

In the case, a criminal case was opened for the commission of the offense of bodily injury due to negligence, and during the investigations, the circumstances in which this road accident occurred will be established accurately”, according to a press release from IPJ Galati.