Dragos Alexandru Draghici, the general manager of Romania’s rail-freight company CFR Marfa, died on Sunday evening (February 2) at Elias hospital in Bucharest. He was admitted in the hospital on January 28, after he suffered a stroke.

The death occurred at 18:30 on Sunday evening, the doctor’s diagnosis being intracerebral hematoma with severe evolution, according to the hospital’s manager Doina Dimulescu, quoted by local news agency Mediafax.

The name of CFR Marfa’s general manager appeared in the corruption case in which Gruia Stoica, the owner of Grup Feroviar Roman (GFR), was taken into preventive custody.

Dragos Alexandru Draghici was named general manager of CFR Marfa in February 2013. He previously worked in the management of national and multinational companies.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com