Car rams Russian Embassy gate in Romania, driver dead

By STEPHEN McGRATH
Associated Press

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Police in the Romanian capital say a car carrying containers of flammable materials has crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy, bursting into flames and killing the driver. Police in Bucharest say the sedan rammed into the gate at about 6 a.m. Wednesday but did not enter the embassy compound. According to police, firefighters who arrived at the scene were able to put the fire out but the driver died on the spot. There was no immediate information on a possible motive or other details. Romania, which shares a long land border with Ukraine, has taken in more than 600,000 refugees since Russia invaded its neighbor.