One dead, one injured in Hungary collision

A pickup truck driver lost his life on Monday evening near Abony locality (90 kilometers east of Budapest) after frontally colliding with a truck that had Romanian license plates, MTI informs. The Romanian truck was heading towards Budapest when it entered the opposite lane and smashed into the pickup truck. The impact threw the latter into a ditch, Zoltan Orosz, the police spokesperson, explained. The pickup truck’s driver died on the spot, while the Romanian driver was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Motor coach involved in road crash in Bulgaria

A motor coach with Romanian citizens onboard overturned on Monday night near Pernik, in Western Bulgaria, after it skidded on the road and fell into a canal, the Novinite.com website informs. There were no victims. All 45 Romanians were offered shelter in the nearest village. The incident caused a pile-up in which two other cars were involved.

Fugitives caught in Germany

A 41-year-old man from Roman, Neamt County, was escorted by Interpol from Germany to Romania. The man had a European arrest warrant issued on his name because he had fled before serving an 18-month sentence for theft. In the night of July 30/31, 2008, the man broke into the headquarters of a company in Roman and, along with his accomplice, stole two electric hair clippers. At the same time, a 28-year-old man from Gheraesti commune, Neamt County, was detained by the Irish authorities and is now jailed in Bucharest.