Greece train crash

At least 38 people died in the collision just before midnight near Tempe, 235 miles north of Athens.

we’re getting cranes to come in and special lifting equipment to clear the debris and lift the rail cars. “I feel so sorry for the parents of these kids.” Others scoured the field with flashlights and checked underneath the wreckage. Costas Agorastos, the regional governor of the Thessaly area, told Greece’s Skai television the two trains crashed head on at high speed. “The trains were completely destroyed, both passenger and freight trains.” “People, naturally, were scared — very scared,” he said.

At least 38 people died and dozens more were injured in the head-on collision between two trains near the city of Larissa on Tuesday night. The front carriages ...

The station master, who is in charge of signalling, has denied both charges and blamed the accident on a technical fault. You can also get in touch in the following ways: Five hours later, we are finding bodies," an exhausted rescuer emerging from the wreckage told AFP news agency. "We were turning over in the carriage until we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. Angelos Tsiamouras told Greek broadcaster ERT the crash had felt like an earthquake, and he smashed the train window using his suitcase. However, officials say some may have left the scene without being accounted for. "I've never seen anything like this in my entire life. "For 10, 15 seconds it was chaos. As we were turning over we were being burned. Fire was right and left," Mr Minenis was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. The fire was immediate.

The accident is the worst railway collision in the country in decades.

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At least 36 people have died after two trains collided in northern Greece - here's what we know about the incident.

The transport minister has resigned as a "sign of respect" for the people who had died. "We were turning over in the carriage until we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. It said most of the casualties had been recovered from the third carriage, which was derailed. A local station master, based at Larissa which the passenger train had passed through, has been arrested. "For 10, 15 seconds it was chaos. The fire was immediate.

The announcement came after Greek police said the stationmaster in the city of Larissa has been arrested following the head-on crash.

"The front section of the train was smashed. Several of the dead are believed to have been found in the restaurant area near the front of the passenger train. Costas Agorastos, the regional governor of the Thessaly area, told Greece's Skai television the two trains crashed head on at high speed. "The trains were completely destroyed, both passenger and freight trains." Rescuers wearing head lamps worked in thick smoke, pulling pieces of mangled metal from the cars to search for trapped people. "People, naturally, were scared - very scared," he said.

Many of the victims of Tuesday night's crash are thought to be university students. Greek transport minister Kostas Karamanlis has resigned following the ...

Many of the victims of Tuesday night's crash are thought to be university students. Many of the victims were thought to be university students. Rescuers used cranes to move large pieces of the train to find victims' bodies, but fire officials said conditions for the operation were "very difficult" due to the severity of the crash.

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“We need light because we need the cranes because [the debris] is so heavy.” When we realised what had happened, we tried to get out of the wagons, and when we managed that, we saw the chaos.” “It’s unclear if we’ll continue later or with the first light of day,” he told the public broadcaster ERT TV. “I met with relatives of the victims and the missing at the Larissa hospital. The Greek railway system was among an array of public utility companies that were privatised when the debt-stricken country narrowly avoided economic collapse a decade ago. Footage of rescuers rushing to the site of the crash near a gorge about 380km (235 miles) north of Athens in a desperate effort to find survivors amid the mangled wreckage sent a shudder through the nation.

At least 43 people died in the head-on collision between a passenger service and freight train.

Stergios Minenis, a 28-year-old passenger who jumped to safety from the wreckage, told Reuters news agency: "The fire was immediate. "Justice will do its job," he said in a televised address. The accident happened just before midnight on Tuesday.

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We will be lucky to have a body to bury,” he said. His wife’s sister was travelling in one of the first two carriages. The local station master, in charge of signalling, has been arrested and charged with causing mass deaths through negligence and causing grievous bodily harm through negligence, a police official said. the fire was immediate, as we were turning over we were being burned, fire was right and left,” said Stergios Minenis, a 28-year-old passenger who jumped to safety from the wreckage. The passenger train was carrying 342 travellers and 10 crew, while two people were on the cargo train, according to Hellenic Train data. He described the bang of the crash and the subsequent fire as “nightmarish”.

Officials say the passenger train was carrying more than 350 passengers between Athens and Thessaloniki when it collided with a freight train.

"It was a nightmarish 10 seconds, in the flames. "Most (of the bodies) are young people," she told ERT. A passenger, who escaped from the fifth carriage, told Skai TV: "Windows were being smashed and people were screaming... Stergios Minenis, 28, who jumped to safety from the wreckage, said: "There was panic... The wagon started to spin, and then it ended up on its side and we got out. The passenger train was said to be carrying around 350 passengers.

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“The trains were completely destroyed, both passenger and freight trains.” “People, naturally, were scared — very scared,” he said. The doors were closed but in a few minutes train staff opened them and we got out.” “It will take a long time,” said Sarianidis. Officials said the army had been contacted to assist. The cause of the crash near the Vale of Tempe, about 380 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, was not immediately clear, but the stationmaster in the nearby city of Larissa was arrested Wednesday.

Sky's Adam Parsons says the scene in northern Greece is 'desperate and ghastly' as survivors comb through the wreckage, but adds that the country will now ...

Train workers will stop work to register both respect towards the dead, and anger at what they see as a lack of investment. Another tells me there needs to be a full investigation, and that he feels a sense of disbelief. Because amid the despair there is also recrimination and a simmering desire for a reckoning. It feels so horrendously bizarre, so lit up against the night sky, that it could even be a film set. The graffiti is still all over the paintwork, like a touchstone to normal life, but there are people with flashlights crawling underneath, looking for any signs of bodies. Dozens of people died here, in this field, when the two trains crashed into each other.

Many protesters see the crash which claimed 43 lives as an accident that had been waiting to happen.

A vigil was also held in Athens, outside the offices of Hellenic Train. You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please include your name, age and location with any submission. At a silent vigil in Larissa on Wednesday to commemorate the victims of the incident, one demonstrator said he felt the disaster had only been a matter of time. "Pain has turned into anger for the dozens of dead and wounded colleagues and fellow citizens," the workers' union said in a statement announcing the strike. Three days of national mourning have been declared across the country following the incident, in which a passenger service crashed head on into a freight train, causing the front carriages to burst into flames.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said it appeared the crash was “mainly due to a tragic human error.”

In Athens, several hundred members of left-wing groups marched late Wednesday to protest the train deaths. Minor clashes broke out as some protesters threw stones at the offices of Greece’s rail operator and riot police and set dumpsters on fire. He said some passengers escaped through windows but that after a few minutes, crew members were able to open the doors and let people out. It was the country’s deadliest rail crash on record. “Our carriage didn’t derail, but the ones in front did and were smashed,” he said, visibly shaken. The government declared three days of national mourning from Wednesday, while flags flew at half-staff outside all European Commission buildings in Brussels. Many of the passengers were students returning to Thessaloniki from Carnival, but officials said but no detailed passenger list was available. Emergency workers used cranes and other heavy machinery to move large pieces of the trains, revealing more bodies and dismembered remains. They did not release the man’s name or the reason for the arrest, but the stationmaster is responsible for rail traffic on that stretch of the tracks. The train from Athens to Thessaloniki was carrying 350 passengers, many of them students returning from raucous Carnival celebrations. Authorities arrested the stationmaster at the train’s last stop, in the city of Larissa. Police took their names as they arrived, in an effort to track anyone who may be missing.

Many protesters see the crash which claimed 43 lives as an accident that had been waiting to happen.

A vigil was also held in Athens, outside the offices of Hellenic Train. You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please include your name, age and location with any submission. At a silent vigil in Larissa on Wednesday to commemorate the victims of the incident, one demonstrator said he felt the disaster had only been a matter of time. "Pain has turned into anger for the dozens of dead and wounded colleagues and fellow citizens," the workers' union said in a statement announcing the strike. Three days of national mourning have been declared across the country following the incident, in which a passenger service crashed head on into a freight train, causing the front carriages to burst into flames.

A stationmaster has been arrested and Greece's Transport Minister has resigned following the tragedy.

He said it appeared the crash was “mainly due to a tragic human error,” but did not elaborate. The company belongs to Italy’s state railways. The reason for his arrest has not been confirmed, but the stationmaster is responsible for rail traffic on that stretch of the tracks. Eight rail employees were among the dead, including the two drivers of the freight train and the two drivers of the passenger train, according to Yannis Nitsas, president of the Greek Railroad Workers Union. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the collision of the passenger train and a freight train “a horrific rail accident without precedent in our country,” and pledged a full, independent investigation. Mr Karamanlis said he had made “every effort” to improve a railway system that had been “in a state that doesn’t befit the 21st century.”

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Many of the passengers were students returning to Thessaloniki from Carnival, but officials said that no detailed passenger list was available. He said some passengers escaped through windows but that after a few minutes, crew members were able to open the doors and let people out. It was the country’s deadliest rail crash on record. “Our carriage didn’t derail, but the ones in front did and were smashed,” he said, visibly shaken. Emergency workers used cranes and other heavy machinery to move large pieces of the trains, revealing more bodies and dismembered remains. The company belongs to Italy's state railways. [Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/greek-pm-says-devastating-train-29350553)called the collision of the passenger and freight train “a horrific rail accident without precedent in our country”, and pledged a full, independent investigation. The train from Athens to Thessaloniki was carrying 350 passengers, many of them students returning from raucous Carnival celebrations. He was due to appear before a prosecutor on Thursday to be formally charged. Police took their names as they arrived, in an effort to track anyone who may be missing. He said windows shattered, showering riders with glass. In Larissa, a silent vigil was held to commemorate the victims of the "inadmissible accident".

Rescuers resumed a search for victims of Greece's deadliest train crash on Thursday, combing through the buckled and crushed remains of carriages that ...

To identify some of the victims, relatives had to give DNA samples at a hospital in Larissa, where Protests also broke out in Thessaloniki. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

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Six of the injured being treated are in critical condition due to head wounds and serious burns, state-owned public broadcaster ERT reported Thursday. The accident came soon after a holiday weekend. A station manager of a train station in the city of Larissa was arrested in connection to the collision, as part of the investigation into the incident. The death toll is expected to rise. In a televised address after visiting the crash site, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the collision was “mainly” due “to tragic human error.” The Greek transport minister resigned in the wake of the tragedy, while a rail workers union is going on strike, accusing the government of “disrespect” in the sector.

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“During our visits to Greece, we have always been struck by the kindness and generosity of the Greek people and our thoughts, prayers and heartfelt sympathy are with all those who have been affected by this appalling tragedy.” The King wrote: “My wife and I have been most shocked and profoundly saddened by the news of the dreadful accident involving two trains in northern Greece and would like to express our deepest possible condolences to the families of all those who have so tragically lost their lives. Charles, in a message of condolence, sent his “thoughts, prayers and heartfelt sympathy” to those affected by the head-on collision, involving a passenger train and freight train, which killed 43 people.