Trains collide in Greece, at least 36 killed, dozens injured

on Tuesday night, February 28, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens as the country’s deadliest rail crash in living memory threw entire carriages off the tracks.

A passenger who escaped from the fifth carriage told Skai TV: “Windows were being smashed and people were screaming…. One of the windows caved in from the impact of iron from the other train.” “It’s an unthinkable tragedy. Our thoughts today are with the relatives of the victims,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at the site of the crash, looking shattered.

Government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said the two trains had been running towards each other on the same track “for many kilometers” before the crash.The passenger train was carrying 342 travelers and 10 crew, while two crew were on the cargo train, according to Hellenic Train data. “Mum don’t, I’m hurt,” the daughter said. Another woman, who was waiting there, said her child was not picking up the phone.

Fire brigade spokesperson Vassilis Varthakogiannis said the evacuation of passengers took place in “difficult conditions given the severity of the collision of the two trains.”The cargo train had been traveling from Thessaloniki to Larissa. Local media said the train left Athens around 7:30 pm . The fire brigade said it was informed of the accident shortly before midnight.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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