Tourist found dead
in Fagaras Mountain


A tourist was killed on Saturday in Fagaras Mountain after slipping on the snow and falling into a precipice. Sibiu Mountain Rescue Chief Adrian David said that tourist left Balea Lac to Caltun on Saturday and that the accident occurred in the area surrounding Laitel Peak, at a 2,390-metre altitude. “His companions called us on Saturday and told us the man had left the chalet and they didn’t know where he was. Later on, they called us and said they found him in a precipice and that he was dead. The tourist probably hit some rocks when falling and died,” David said. In Fagaras Mountain, the layer of snow is of about 15 centimetres at heights of over 2,000 metres.

Truck involved
in lethal accident
in Calarasi


One man was killed and another one was severely injured when the truck they were on, loaded with bitumen, overturned on National Route 3 between Bucharest and Calarasi on Friday. Preliminary inquiries showed the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle, which skidded off the road and overturned, landing in a roadside ditch. A spokesperson for the Calarasi Emergency Situations Inspectorate, Mihai Ionescu, said military firefighters were called on the scene, together with a team of the Mobile Emergency Intervention Unit. The firefighters sprinkled foam over the truck, to prevent the fuel from igniting and causing a blast. Ionescu added that the driver, 33, died upon impact, while the front-seat passenger, a 38-year-old man, was taken to Calarasi Emergency Hospital in severe condition. The accident also disturbed traffic in the area for several hours.

Romanian stabbed
to death in Hungary


A Romanian was lethally stabbed in a Hungarian night club. The incident occurred in Polany, in the south-west of the country, where the Romanian was living. The 28-year-old man was stabbed by a young man from a neighbouring town. Hungarian police said the assailant was arrested shortly after leaving the scene of the crime. It is not yet known why the assailant stabbed the Romanian. Almost a year ago, Romanian handball player Marian Cozma was the victim of a similar attack in a night club in the Hungarian town of Veszprem.

Two killed, six injured in Urziceni car crash


Two people died and six were injured, including two in severe condition, in an accident on National Route 2 in Urziceni yesterday. The crash involved three vehicles and occurred after one of the cars entered the opposite lane, Mediafax said. Ialomita police said an Opel with Vrancea license plates, in which there were two passengers, entered the incoming traffic lane and hit a Skoda, which was also carrying two passengers. After impact, the two vehicles hit a third car, a Dacia Logan, which was carrying four passengers, all of them from Bucharest. The two people in the Opel were taken over by an ambulance, but died in hospital. The other six people involved in the accident suffered various injuries, two of them being in severe condition and are currently at Bucharest’s Floreasca Hospital for further medical tests.