Car crash with deaths and injured in Romania, involving minibus traveling from Greece to France
Seven people died and three others were injured in an accident on National Road DN 6 in Romania, involving a minibus travelling from Greece to France, the Timis County Police Inspectorate (IPJ) announced.
'At the scene, it was found that a man was driving a minibus from the municipality of Caransebes towards Lugoj, and at some point he allegedly overtook, and in an attempt to return to his lane, he hit a tanker truck and subsequently collided with a truck, which was traveling in the incoming direction', a press release from the Timis Police informs.
The impact resulted in seven deaths (the driver of the minibus and six passengers), as well as three injured people, also passengers in the minibus. AGERPRES(RO - writing by: Otilia Halunga, Mariana Ionescu; EN - writing by: Bogdan Gabaroi)
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