Twenty-three Israeli tourists were hurt Sunday when their minibus crashed on a visit to a Romanian salt mine, local authorities said.

None suffered serious injury but passengers were taken to hospital as a precaution, emergency services spokesman Florin Chivu said after the crash near the Unirea mine at Slanic Prahova in southern Romania.

He added the 25 people were on board in total, including eight children, when the vehicle overturned.

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Police were investigating the cause of the accident on a highway leading to one of the regions’ key tourist sites.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it had been contact with authorities in Bucharest regarding rescue efforts, and that it had been informed that Israelis were involved in the accident. It stressed, though, that it could not definitely confirm details until the consul arrived in the area.

The Israeli consul, Rina Dvir, was on her way to the local hospital “to assist in any way necessary,” the ministry said.

Reportedly the driver lost control of the vehicle due to severe weather conditions.

Many Israelis take advantage of the Passover vacation to travel overseas. In January an Israeli tourist was killed in a car accident in Romania.</s>BUCHAREST (AFP) - Twenty three Israeli tourists were hurt Sunday (April 1) when their minibus crashed on a visit to a Romanian salt mine, local authorities said.

None suffered serious injury but passengers were taken to hospital as a precaution, emergency services spokesman Florin Chivu said after the crash near the Unirea mine at Slanic Prahova in southern Romania.

He added the 25 people were on board in total, including eight children, when the vehicle overturned.

Police were investigating the cause of the accident on a highway leading to one of the regions' key tourist sites.</s>Twenty-three Israeli tourists, among them eight children, were hurt Sunday in southern Romania when their minibus overturned near a salt mine.



None of the passengers suffered serious injuries, but they were all taken to a local hospital as a precaution. Israel's Consul in Bucharest Rina Dvir went to the hospital to extend any consular help that might be needed.</s>BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s general prosecutor has requested that a former president and prime minister be charged with crimes against humanity for their roles in the country’s bloody anti-communist revolution.

General Prosecutor Augustin Lazar asked President Klaus Iohannis on Monday to approve the prosecutions of former President Ion Iliescu, former Premier Petre Roman, and former deputy prime minister Gelu Voican Voiculescu.

The three founded the National Salvation Front as Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown on Dec. 22, 1989 and executed three days later. Some 1,104 people died in Romania’s revolt, the vast majority after Ceausescu’s ouster.

Iliescu, a former communist official who headed the interim government, went on to be elected president three times.

Romania’s president needs to authorize the prosecutions because the deaths occurred when the three were officials.
A bus crash in Slanic Prahova, Romania, injures 23 Israeli tourists.