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Valea Lupului minibus train collision

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Valea Lupului minibus train collision
The location of Iaşi County in Romania
Details
Date8 September 2013
15:00 (UTC+3)
Locationnear Railway station in Valea Lupului, Iaşi County
Coordinates:
CountryRomania
Incident typeGrade crossing collision
Statistics
Passengers11
Deaths11
Injured0

The Valea Lupului train accident occurred on September 8, 2013 at 15:00 local time (UTC+3) when 11 people died, including a 14-year-old boy after a collision between a minibus and a train in Iaşi County, Romania.[1]

The train involved in the accident was operated by private rail company Regiotrans and ran between Iaşi and Dorohoi. All of the dead were on the minibus, which ignored posted signs at the railway crossing, none of the passengers and crew aboard the train were injured or killed. There were no survivors in the minibus.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Microbuz spulberat de tren la Iaşi: Toate cele 11 persoane din maşină au murit UPDATE". Realitatea.net. 8 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015.

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