Disastrous frontal impact between an SUV and a minibus, at the exit from Tulcea. There are 7 victims, after the off-road vehicle entered the opposite direction

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A terrible accident took place yesterday at the exit from Tulcea municipality. Attention, we warn you that images and details with a strong emotional impact follow!

By the Observator editorial team on 10.05.2024, 07:45

The impact took place between an all-terrain vehicle and a five-passenger minibus. Until the intervention crews arrived, some passengers managed to get out of the wrecked car on their own, but the 65-year-old minibus driver remained imprisoned.

Among the nine people involved, the driver of the car, aged 70, and six other victims needed medical care.

“Several medical crews of the Tulcea County Ambulance Service were sent to the scene, and from the Tulcea Fire Department an extrication crew, a firefighting crew and a SMURD first aid crew. The rescue teams that arrived at the scene of the event found several victims from the minibus who self-evacuated, the 65-year-old driver of the minibus who was incarcerated and for whom he was released and extracted from the vehicle, and from the car, a 70-year-old woman, driver, was taken over by the medical crews of SAJ Tulcea. 9 people were involved in the road accident, of which 7 were injured. The latter were transported to the emergency reception unit for evaluation and specialized medical care”, the representatives of ISU Tulcea said.

Accident with 7 victims in Tulcea, after the driver of an SUV entered the opposite direction

The police opened a criminal case for culpable bodily harm.

“On May 9, 2024, at around 4:50 p.m., the police officers from the Road Bureau were alerted to the occurrence of a road incident on DJ 222. The police officers who arrived at the scene found that a 70-year-old woman allegedly drove a car from the direction of Agighiol towards the Municipality of Tulcea, lost control of the car and entered the opposite direction of traffic, colliding with a minibus. As a result of the road event, both drivers and 5 other people were injured, passengers of the minibus”, IPJ Tulcea also informed.

The law enforcement officers are continuing their investigations to determine exactly how the accident occurred.