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This is the Rumanian driver of the lethal truck

39 year old Rumanian will testify on Thursday - New info on the fatal pileup: According to the permit of the Traffic Police the specific point of the road should had been closed for ten minutes since 9:30 - The accident happened at 10:20

Newsroom October 7 08:19

Nikolai Tudoran id the truck driver name who caused the horrific road accident at the Egnatio odos with five people dead and many injured.

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The 39 year old Rumanian was returning from Italy with the truck full of grapes. The company he works for is called “Limar” and is based in two areas of Rumania, however, the Rumanian journalists so far have not managed to locate and contact with anyone from the company, since the company is in the process of bankruptcy .

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From the beginning the Rumanian driver was supporting that the brakes of the truck did not work.

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At the same time new evidence come to light.
The permit of the Traffic Police stated that a 10 minute permission is given from 09:30 to 09: 40 for stopping traffic at the middle of Egnatia Motorway in both directions.
However, it was 10:20 when the truck reaped about 30 cars, 50 minutes after the permit indication.

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