A spokesman for the Public Security Police (PSP) confirmed to the Post by phone yesterday evening that a grandmother and her granddaughter were injured in a collision involving a motorbike.
The spokesman identified the rider as a local male in his fifties working for a local university who passed a breathalyser test.
According to the spokesman, the two victims are local residents, aged 61 and 5 respectively. Both suffered contusions to their hands and feet, and were in stable condition when they were taken to the hospital.
The incident occurred at around 8:00 a.m. yesterday when the grandmother and granddaughter were walking across a zebra crossing in front of Vang Kei Supermarket on Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga (雅廉訪大馬路). Both were hit by the motorcycle.
The spokesman said that the rider was fined based on Article 37, Paragraph 2 of Macau’s Road Traffic Law, according to which when a driver or rider approaches a marked pedestrian crossing where vehicle traffic is not regulated by traffic lights or an officer, the driver must reduce speed and, if necessary, stop in order to allow pedestrians crossing the road to pass. The rider faces a fine between 600 and 2,500 patacas.
The spokesman did not elaborate on the fine the culprit was ordered to pay.
The spokesman also said that the grandmother said that she would hold the rider legally accountable for the incident.
Yesterday morning’s incident happened just four days after a 10-year-old boy was knocked down and run over by a seven-seater while walking across a zebra crossing on Wednesday night last week. He was pronounced dead at Kiang Wu Hospital shortly after the fatal traffic accident. The driver, who failed to slow down and brake, faces a negligent homicide charge, according to a PSP spokesman last week. If found guilty, the driver could be imprisoned for up to five years.
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