The overturned bus transports a baby basketball team »A passenger lost his life, a child is intubated
Article by David Istrate – published on Sunday, June 22, 2025, 21:16 / Updated Sunday, June 22, 2025 21:21
Star Oradea, a juvenile basketball team, was in the middle of the serious accident today on the Sun Highway. The bus in which the children were, accompanied by coaches and parents, overturned in Calarasi county, and an adult died and a child was intubated.
This afternoon, on the A2 motorway, there was a serious accident, involving a bus, parents and coaches, who were traveling to Costinești, where the National Baby Basket Festival will begin.
22 children and 6 adults were in the bus that overturned on the Sun Highway. A passenger lost his life
At the 50th kilometer of the A2 highway, on the way to Constanța, in the town of Sarulești, the accident in which the Star Oradea team was involved, as confirmed by Șerban Sere, the director of CSM Oradea, for the Bihor.
“At present I can not give you more details. This is the basketball team. They were heading from Oradea to the Costinesti Baby Basketball Festival”Said greenhouse.
According to ISU Calarasi, given the number of persons involved, the red intervention plan was activated. As a result, to the place of the event “7 SMURD vehicles, a special vehicle and multiple victims and 5 ambulances belonging to the County Ambulance Service were allocated.
Also, two SMURD helicopters were allocated to move to the accident site. In the bus there were 28 people, 22 children and 6 adults.
According to ISU, “An adult is deceased, a child is intubated and has been taken over by the SMURD helicopter, and 6 other children, conscious and cooperative, require medical care, they have fractures and escoria”.
From the first information, the accident occurred following an explosion of the right front wheel of the bus, which made the driver lose control over the vehicle.
ISU Calarasi also stated that at 19:50 the red intervention plan was deactivated and that the people who needed care are on the way to the hospital.
Serious accident on the A2/photo highway: ISU Calarasi
