Scânteia train accident
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| Date and time: | 14 August 2009 at 14:10 (UTC+3) |
| Location: | Near Scânteia, Iaşi County, Romania Coordinates: 46°55′17″N 27°34′07″E / 46.921486°N 27.568517°E |
| Statistics | |
| Deaths: | 14 |
The 2009 Romanian bus-train collision (Romanian: Tragedia de la Scânteia), happened on 14 August 2009 at 14:10pm in Romania. A bus and train hit each other on a level crossing. Forteen people were killed. It happened in Scânteia of Iaşi County in Romania on County Road 248C[1][2][3][4] It was originally thought that only 10 people died in the accident. This was the worst accident in Romania in the past fifteen years.[5]
Accident[change | change source]
The accident happened when a minibus carrying 16 passengers was moving across a level crossing. The minibus was hit by a train as it was crossing the level crossing near Scânteia. Everyone that was killed in the accident was on the bus, which included a child. Two other people were badly injured. The bus was hit in the center of it and was pushed a total of 350 meters by the train[6][7] The reason why the crash happened in the first place was because the bus driver did not follow the light signals or signs at the level crossing.[8]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Microbuz lovit de tren în judeţul Iaşi. 13 persoane au murit, printre care şi un copil (VIDEO)" (in Romanian). Antena 3. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "13 persoane şi-au pierdut viaţa după coliziunea dintre un tren şi un microbuz. ATENŢIE, IMAGINI ŞOCANTE!" (in Romanian). Realitatea TV. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "13 morţi şi trei răniţi grav, după ce un microbuz a fost lovit de tren - VIDEO" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 2009-08-14. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "Scontro tra treno e bus in Romania" (in Italian). Euronews. 2009-08-14. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "13 killed, 3 seriously injured in bus-train collision in Romania". China Daily. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "Thirteen passengers die after train hits their bus". Romanian Times. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "13 morti, 3 raniti (FOTO SI VIDEO)" (in Romanian). Ziarul de Iasi. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ "13 morţi într-un accident teribil în Iaşi". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). 2009-08-14. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Photos and videos Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine on the accident (please be aware that these images may cause distress).