If you have injured a pedestrian who crossed the street, regardless of whether the pedestrian was crossing legally or not, you have the obligation to notify the police, to not modify the traces of the accident and to not leave the place of the act. In this case you are prohibited from leaving the place of the act without the approval of the police or of the prosecutor who performs the investigation. Failure to comply with the prohibition to leave the place of the act is considered an offense and is punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
However, it does NOT constitute an offense the situation in which, in the absence of other means of transport, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident transports himself the injured person to the nearest hospital, this one having the obligation to declare the personal identity data and the registration number or registration of the driven vehicle, data that will be recorded in a special register, and to return immediately to the place of the accident.
The correct answer is: A
OUG* - Article 77
(1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident resulting in the death or injury of the bodily integrity or health of a person is obliged to take measures of immediate notification of the police, to not modify or delete the traces of the accident and to not leave the place of the act.
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Penal Code*** - Article 338
(1) Leaving the place of the accident, without the approval of the police or of the prosecutor who performs the investigation of the place of the act, by the driver of the vehicle or by the driving instructor, in the training process, or by the examiner of the competent authority, during the practical tests of the exam for obtaining the driving license, involved in a traffic accident, is punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
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(3) It does not constitute an offense to leave the place of the accident when:
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b) the driver of the vehicle, in the absence of other means of transport, transports himself the injured persons to the nearest sanitary unit able to provide the necessary medical assistance and at which he declared the personal identity data and the registration number or registration of the driven vehicle, recorded in a special register, if he returns immediately to the place of the accident;
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* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
*** Penal Code = PENAL CODE of July 17, 2009 updated (LAW no. 286/2009)
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