Seven PAOK fans lost their lives on Tuesday in a traffic accident near Timișoara, Romania.
The van carrying supporters of the Thessaloniki club collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction on the DN6 highway, which locals in Romania themselves call the “road of death.”
According to local media reports, this accident is the worst to have occurred in this area in at least the past 20 years.
Young supporters of the Thessaloniki club were killed in the crash.
The day after the accident, the Polish truck driver whose vehicle was struck by the van carrying the fans spoke out.
The Pole is shocked by the deaths of seven Greek young men.
“I have been driving a truck for 34 years and I have never seen anything like this in my life. I have driven over 1,000,000 kilometers and this is the first time I have encountered such a situation,” he told Romanian media.
One of the eyewitnesses to the accident, who was driving two vehicles behind the one transporting the PAOK fans, said that the van driver was maneuvering and waiting for the right moment to overtake.
Identities of the fans revealed
Greek media have revealed the identities of the seven PAOK fans who were killed in the horrific traffic accident in Romania.
In the black van, 31-year-old Hristos from Polichni in Thessaloniki lost his life. Hristos worked in various hospitality establishments to support his parents and siblings. With the money he had left over, he traveled to PAOK matches.
The second victim is Vachos, a Greek of Georgian origin who lives in Katerini. From a young age, he never missed matches of the “Double-Headed Eagles” at the Toumba stadium, but this was the first time he had gone to an away game.
Three people from the “van of death” were from Alexandreia, Imathia. They were three friends — Vasilis, Konstantinos, and Georgios. “Young eagles,” as they were called, were inseparable in their neighborhood, at school, and in the stands.
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