SOCIETY
MAN HELD OVER HIT-AND-RUN INCIDENT
A driver was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run incident which injured a man in Bakikhanov district Wednesday, police said.
The driver of an Azsamand, Baku resident Elshan Shirinov was detained by police officers on suspicion of hitting pedestrian Gunduz Aliyev and then leaving the scene of the accident.
Aliyev suffered multiple injuries and is still in hospital, police sources said.
Meanwhile, a man died after a car hit him in Tovuz province.
Elshan Ahmadov was hit by a QAZ-3105 driven by Bakhtiyar Rustamov.
The driver is questioned by officers at a local police station.