Four dead as train hits car near Bucharest


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  • Saturday, 08 Nov 2025

BUCHAREST, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed on Friday when a passenger train collided with a car at a level crossing between the Vidra and Jilava stations in Ilfov County, near Bucharest, Romanian authorities said.

The accident occurred on the Giurgiu-Bucharest railway line, when a "Sageata Albastra" (Blue Arrow) passenger train struck a vehicle at an unguarded but signposted crossing in the village of Cretesti, Vidra commune, police said.

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