derailment

The mechanic of a fast passenger train which derailed Sunday in Galati county, eastern Romania, is investigated for negligence, as primary data shows he ignored a red light and reversed gear because another train was coming on the same track.

Fifteen people were hospitalized after a fast passenger train traveling from western Timisoara to capital city Bucharest went off the rails Monday morning soon after it left the railway station in Craiova, Dolj County, southern Romania.

A passenger train traveling from capital city Bucharest to Sighetu Marmatiei, northern Romania, went off track Friday morning near Salva, Bistrita-Nasaud county, northern Romania, without making any victims.