At least 38 people were killed when a passenger and freight train collided in central Greece and left rescue workers to pick through twisted ribbons of metal in search of survivors. A station manager and the country’s transportation minister resigned.
described hearing a “big bang” and escaping the fire that engulfed their train immediately after the collision.
Pope Francis sent his condolences and passed along blessings to those injured and to emergency workers,Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou cut short a visit to Moldova and traveled to the crash site, where she laid white flowers among the wreckage, Kathimerini reported. The government announced three days of national mourning.
In his speech later, Mitsotakis said he had requested the formation of a committee of independent experts to examine the causes of the crash, as well as “chronic delays in railway projects.”
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