PHOTO FATAL accident on Easter morning, on DN 14, in Sibiu: A 38-year-old man, from Alba, DIED after driving his car onto the railway and being hit by a train

FATAL accident on Easter morning, on DN 14, in Sibiu: A 38-year-old man, from Alba, DIED after driving his car onto the railway and being hit by a train

A 38-year-old man from Alba died on Sunday morning after he drove his car onto the railway between the towns of Rusi and Șeica Mare, in Sibiu county, and was hit by a passenger train.

The policemen of the Sibiu Road Service intervened on Sunday afternoon, around 8:30 a.m., to a particularly serious accident on DN 14, km. 27, at the railway crossing between Ruși and Șeica Mare.

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From the first investigations carried out, it emerged that, while driving a van from Mediaș towards Sibiu, a 38-year-old man from Alba county, alone in the car, would not have respected the meaning of the red color of the traffic light installed at the crossing, entered the railway and was hit by a passenger train traveling from Sibiu to Mediaș.

The vehicle was thrown off the roadway.

Three SMURD crews went to the scene, one of them with a doctor and the emergency doctor’s car.

The 38-year-old man was in cardio-respiratory arrest, unfortunately, despite the efforts made, he did not respond to resuscitation maneuvers, the doctor present at the scene declaring death.

The passengers on the train and the train driver, a 64-year-old man from Cluj County, were not injured.

Traffic is difficult in the area.