Traffic accident: Seven football fans die on a European Cup trip

Greek television showed Video recordingson which a minibus with the PAOK fans after one Overtaking maneuvers collided head-on with a truck. The vehicle was completely destroyed. The accident occurred near the western Romanian city Timisoara.

Employees of the Greek embassy made their way to the scene of the accident. PAOK team circles said that representatives of the team were also on their way to the scene of the accident.

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to the relatives of the victims sympathy out of. “I was deeply shocked to learn of the tragic accident in Romania in which seven young compatriots lost their lives,” he wrote on Facebook. The Greek Embassy is in close contact with local authorities and will provide all possible assistance, he added.