Two men died on Friday when a truck collided with the car they were traveling in in northern Romania, local media report.
Romania: Hit-and-run truck crushes car in accident
Terrifying footage captured the moment a truck spun on a rain-soaked road, crashed into a car and trapped the two men inside.
The driver of the car, 42, and his passenger, 39, tragically died in the accident that occurred on Friday afternoon on a section of the DN2/E85 road between the municipalities of Cristești and Drăgușeni, in Iași county, northeastern Romania, according to the newspaper. Suceava Monitorul. The truck trailer skidded, spun across the road and blocked both lanes. Although the driver of the vehicle attempted to brake, the trailer overturned and crushed the vehicle.
13 firefighters went to the scene, deploying two specialized vehicles with extraction equipment, a SMURD ambulance and teams from the ambulance services of Suceava and Iași counties, a Romanian television channel. Digi24 information.
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Four people were reportedly involved in the accident. The truck driver, 54, was given a breathalyzer test and was found to have no alcohol in his system, police said. After being examined by doctors, he refused to be taken to the hospital, the channel reports.
The Iași County Police Inspectorate said in a press release: “On October 24 of this year, at around 2:55 p.m., police officers from the Pașcani Road Office were notified via 112 that a traffic accident with human victims had occurred in the town of Cristești on DN2/E85.
“Following investigations, it was discovered that a 54-year-old man from Bistrița-Năsăud County, while driving a truck with a trailer from Drăgușeni to Cristești, lost control of the vehicle. The truck overturned on the road and collided with a car driven by a 42-year-old man from Suceava County.”
A criminal case has been opened for involuntary manslaughter and investigations continue to determine all the causes and circumstances of the accident.
