On 29 June 1980, an overloaded bus (83 people on 40 seats[1]) overturned in a five-meter deep swamp in the village of Huțani, commune of Vlădeni, Botoșani County.

A bus traveling on the route Suceava–Botoșani capsized off a bridge into a deep swamp.

[3] The bodies of 48 victims were first placed on the edge of a nearby pond and then transported to the morgue with a truck.

A few days later, the Deputy Minister of Transport came to Botoșani, accompanied by a delegation of security officers.

[citation needed] To stem the number of tragedies, traffic police took a single measure, reducing the speed limit to 70 kilometers per hour.