The transport of victims to the hospital can be carried out with an ambulance specially equipped for this purpose, usually accompanied by a doctor. It is not an offence to leave the accident scene when the driver of the vehicle, in the absence of other means of transport, transports the injured persons himself to the nearest medical unit able to provide the necessary medical assistance and where he will declare his personal identification data and the registration number of the driven vehicle, the driver being obliged to return immediately to the place of the accident.
In the case of very serious injury of a person in a traffic accident you are obliged to notify the police immediately, not to modify or erase the traces of the accident and not to leave the scene. And after these, as a first measure, first aid must be given to the injured person, until the arrival of the ambulance.
Criminal Code*** - Article 338
(1) Leaving the accident scene, without the approval of the police or the prosecutor conducting the investigation of the scene, by the driver of the vehicle or by the driving instructor, during training, or by the examiner of the competent authority, during the practical tests of the examination for obtaining the driving licence, involved in a traffic accident, is punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
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(3) It is not an offence to leave the accident scene when:
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b) the driver of the vehicle, in the absence of other means of transport, transports the injured persons himself to the nearest medical unit able to provide the necessary medical assistance and where he declared his personal identification data and the registration number of the driven vehicle, recorded in a special register, if he returns immediately to the accident scene;
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OUG* - Article 77
(1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident resulting in the death or injury of a person is obliged to take measures to notify the police immediately, not to modify or erase the traces of the accident and not to leave the scene.
(2) Any person who is involved in or has knowledge of a traffic accident resulting in the death or injury of one or more persons, as well as when the event involves a vehicle transporting dangerous goods, is obliged to notify the police immediately and call the national emergency number 112, existing in the telephone networks in Romania.
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* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
*** Criminal Code = CRIMINAL CODE of July 17, 2009 updated (LAW no. 286/2009)
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