In Greece’s bloodiest rail accident in recent memory, two trains collided head-on on Tuesday night, sending entire carriages flying off the tracks and resulting in at least 36 fatalities and dozens of injuries.
According to a fire brigade spokesman, there may still be more fatalities. According to the official, 66 injured people were hospitalized, with six receiving intensive treatment.
The collision happened as the passenger train was coming out of a tunnel. On the scene, derailed carriages were severely damaged, smashed windows, and spewed dense smoke.
When other derailed carriages tipped precariously, one passenger carriage stood on its side almost 90 degrees from the rest of the demolished train.
When other derailed carriages tipped precariously, one passenger carriage stood on its side almost 90 degrees from the rest of the demolished train.
Stergios Minenis, a passenger who jumped to safety from the debris, said, “There was panic… the fire was immediate, as we were turning over, we were getting scorched, the fire was right and left.”
An emancipated traveler from the fifth carriage informed Skai TV: “People were yelling as windows were broken. The impact of the iron from the other train caused one of the windows to cave in.”
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According to data from Hellenic Train, the passenger train had 342 passengers and ten crew members, while the cargo train had two crew members.
Many people were flown to Thessaloniki, where one mom rushed to greet her daughter as she got off a bus with other survivors.
“Mum, don’t; I’m hurt,” the daughter said. Another woman waited there and said her child was not answering the phone.
Most of the fatalities were young, in their 20s, according to Apostolos Komnos, head of the hospital’s emergency department in Larissa.
Many travelers would have been returning to their homes following a long holiday weekend that marked the start of Greek Orthodox lent. There are many students in Thessaloniki.
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