Man tries to kill himself in Bucharest subway station

A 50-years-old man tried to commit suicide at the Constantin Brancoveanu subway station in Bucharest on Wednesday morning, by jumping in front of the train. An emergency rescue service team arrived at the scene and took the man to a hospital in Bucharest for medical investigations, reports local Mediafax. He had no visible injuries and was conscious at that time. The Police are now trying to find out why the man tried to kill himself. The traffic was stopped on the line after the incident but was resumed later the same morning. Constantin Brancoveanu station is located on Line 2, which connects Pipera to Berceni. It is one of the busiest metro lines in Bucharest. It is the second time this year when such an incident occurs at Constantin Brancoveanu station. In late-March, a man died after jumping in front of a subway train. Earlier the same month, another man died after throwing himself in front of a train at the Izvor metro station. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com