Valea Lupului minibus train collision
| Iași minibus train collision | |
|---|---|
 The location of Iași County in Romania | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 8 September 2013 15:00 (UTC+3) |
| Location | near the Antibiotice factory in Valea Lupului, Iași County |
| Coordinates | 47°10′22″N 27°29′11″E / 47.172692°N 27.486527°E |
| Country | Romania |
| Incident type | Grade crossing collision |
| Statistics | |
| Passengers | 11 |
| Deaths | 11 |
| Injured | 0 |
The Iași train accident occurred on September 8, 2013 at 15:00 local time (UTC+3) when 11 people died, including a 14-year-old boy after a collision between a Volkswagen Sharan minibus and a train in Iași County, Romania.[1][2][3][4]
Accident
[edit]The train involved in the accident was operated by private rail company Regiotrans and ran from Iași to Dorohoi.[1] The minibus ignored posted signs at the railway crossing, on the communal road leading from Uricani to national road DN28.[5] The driver, a 40-year-old man, did not even make a brake mark before attempting to cross the double railway line.[6] The vehicle was dragged for 600 m (2,000 ft) after being hit by the train. All of the dead were on the minibus, none of the passengers and crew aboard the train were injured or killed. There were no survivors in the minibus. The people in the minibus were farm workers from Glodeni and Domnița, going to help harvest the vineyard of an acquaintance in Breazu.[3][7][8]
Aftermath
[edit]The railway crossing near the Antibiotice factory in Valea Lupului is one of busiest in the Iași area.[9] The 2013 minibus train collision was one of the worst road-rail accidents in Romania in the preceding ten years,[6] second only to the Scânteia train accident, which resulted in 14 fatalities.[10]
Shortly after, members of the Romanian Parliament from Iași County proposed drastic measures to remedy the situation, such as installing a barrier, a traffic light, and even diverting car traffic.[9][11] After more than 10 years, nothing has changed; the site is marked with faded and outdated signs and the traffic light is still missing, although traffic is much more intense now. Some drivers make a big sign of the cross before crossing "the place where death lurks."[9][12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Microbuz spulberat de tren la Iași: Toate cele 11 persoane din mașină au murit". www.realitatea.net. 8 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Accident grav la Iași: 11 morți, după ce mașina in care se aflau a fost lovită de un tren". HotNews (in Romanian). September 8, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ a b "Imagini și bilanț de coșmar! 11 morți după un accident de tren la Antibiotice". Ziarul de Iași (in Romanian). September 8, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ Daraban, Ștefan (September 8, 2013). "Nouă morți într-un accident de circulație în Iași". Radio Romania International (in Romanian). Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "Iași: Drumul comunal unde s-a produs accidentul soldat cu 11 morți a fost închis temporar". Pro TV (in Romanian). September 11, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ a b "CFR a refuzat bariera de la locul carnajului. Cumplitul accident feroviar de la Iași, un cocktail între inconștiență, indecizie și subfinanțare crasă". Adevărul (in Romanian). September 9, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "Filmul carnagiului de la Iași. Bilanțul dramaticului accident a crescut la 11 morți". Pro TV (in Romanian). September 9, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "Accident grav la Iași. 11 oameni au murit după ce o mașină a fost spulberată de un tren personal". Adevărul (in Romanian). September 8, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ a b c Savin, Dragoș (October 4, 2023). "Locul carnagiului de la Antibiotice, semnalizat cu panouri șterse și învechite. Oricând, tragedia de pe calea ferată se poate repeta pentru că semaforul lipsește: "Faci o cruce mare când treci"". www.bzi.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "Statistica – Cele mai grave accidente feroviare produse în ultimii ani în țara noastră". www.emaramures.ro (in Romanian). September 28, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
- ^ "Cine e responsabil de carnagiul din zona Antibiotice? Ce spun parlamentarii". www.vremeanoua.ro (in Romanian). September 11, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "Trecerea de cale ferată de la Uricani, locul unde pândește moartea". telem.ro (in Romanian). March 25, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2025.