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| Romanian bus collision kills 11 | Romanian bus collision kills 11 |
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| At least 11 people have been killed and four seriously injured when a train and a bus collided at a level-crossing in north-east Romania, officials say. | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Health Raed Arafat said the bus appeared to have ignored stop signals at the crossing in the village of Scanteia. | Under-Secretary of State for Health Raed Arafat said the bus appeared to have ignored stop signals at the crossing in the village of Scanteia. |
| The collision occurred at around noon, not far from Scanteia's station, as the train headed towards the city of Iasi. | The collision occurred at around noon, not far from Scanteia's station, as the train headed towards the city of Iasi. |
| All the victims had been on board the bus. The driver was seriously injured. | All the victims had been on board the bus. The driver was seriously injured. |
| Florin Hadarean, the head of Regiotrans, the private railway company which owns the train, said it had been travelling at about 80kph (50mph) when the bus drove across the tracks. | |
| Though operational, the crossing had no barriers, Mr Arafat said. | |
| The accident was the latest in a series of about 30 collisions on level-crossings in Romania so far this year that have left 18 people dead, a state railway official said. |