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According to Romania’s national railway company, CFR, the carriages had been in motion for around 13 minutes when they derailed at the aforementioned station; they had entered the fourth track at Dornești station and collided with a vehicle belonging to a private freight operator. Initially, CFR reported that 11 carriages were involved, but later clarified that there were 19. As a result of the collision, six carriages derailed, three of which overturned. No one was injured.
According to Cezar Gheorghe, a Romanian expert in agri-marketing, the wagons were carrying Ukrainian grain. CFR noted that the wagons belonged to Global Grain Logistic. The Romanian railway did not officially specify the origin of the grain.
According to Monitorul de Suceava, the carriages collided with locomotives belonging to a Romanian operator transporting tankers carrying diesel fuel. As a result of the accident, two fuel tankers also derailed. Firefighters and a specialist hazardous materials response unit arrived at the scene.
According to the latest report from CFR, 16 of the 19 carriages were returned to Vicsani station yesterday evening. Train services on a number of tracks at Dornesti station have resumed. Work to lift the derailed carriages and clear the tracks continued today. The causes of the accident are being investigated.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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