Eight people were rushed to hospital on Friday evening, following the collision between a train carriage and a locomotive at Basarab Station, the Bucharest - Ilfov Emergency Situations Inspectorate (ISUBIF) informed.
"Following a collision between two train sets, we intervened to provide qualified first aid to passengers. To optimize the response mission, the Red Intervention Plan was activated, which involves supplementing the resources that intervene at the scene. (...) Until this moment, 15 people, with minor injuries, have been assisted by the first aid crews, of which eight have been transported to the hospital", stated ISUBIF in a press release.
According to the cited source, 10 water and foam extinguishing vehicles, all available medical resources, two extrication vehicles, a vehicle for transporting multiple victims and a mobile hospital were rushed to the scene.
Following the collision, the occupants self-evacuated on the platform, until the fire brigade arrived.
ISUBIF announces that the Red Intervention Plan has been deactivated.
The INFOTRAFFIC Center of the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police informed that between the Basarab and Gara de Nord stations, a Regio passenger train, consisting of 6 carriages and traveling on the Bucharest -Brasov route, collided with a locomotive.
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