A Gositivar resident aged 79 has died on Wednesday morning after he had been hit by a car in his home town.
The Interior Ministry's sector in Tetovo informs the traffic accident that occurred at 6:00 am involved a Seat Ibiza carrying Gostivar license plates, driven by 29-year-old S.S. and the pedestrian, Lj.S.
"Due to the stroke, the pedestrian suffered heavy physical injuries and was taken to the hospital in Gostivar in a life-threatening condition. After the medical treatment there, he was to be taken to one of the clinics in Skopje. On the way there, unfortunately, he succumbed to the injuries," Marjan Josifovski said, a spokesman of the Interior Ministry's sector in Tetovo.
A public prosecutor and a team of the Gostivar police station have carried out an inquiry at the scene of the accident. An autopsy is expected to be performed on the lifeless body on the order of the prosecutor.
The Gostivar police are working on determining the cause of the accident.