Greece has declared three days of nationwide mourning after the loss of life of not less than 40 individuals within the head-on collision of two trains close to the city of Tempe, within the heart of the nation. More than 85 persons are injured, of which 66 are hospitalized. The collision has brought on the derailment of three of the passenger prepare carriages. Among the victims, there are numerous college college students who have been returning to Thessaloniki after having fun with the Athens Carnival.
The Larissa railway station supervisor, accountable for signaling, has been arrested, a police official stated, as investigators tried to seek out out why the 2 trains have been operating on the identical observe. According to preliminary stories, the passenger prepare, during which 350 individuals have been on board and that made the route between Athens and Thessaloniki, diverted to the incorrect lane, the place the freight prepare was touring.
Dozens lifeless and injured after the collision of two trains in Greece
“Wagon one and two don’t exist. Due to the seriousness of the collision, they have been torn off,” the regional governor of Thessaly, Kostas Agorastos, informed ERT, detailing that among the many injured have been individuals with burns and mutilated individuals. The mayor of Tempo, Giorgos Manoli, has assured that the primary three carriages have reached temperatures of 1,200 to 1,500 levels Celsius.
The Fire Department has confirmed in its newest report that not less than 36 individuals have died within the occasion, though it’s feared that the loss of life toll could enhance within the coming hours. Relatives of the victims are within the Larisa metropolis hospital ready to determine the victims.
“It is an unthinkable tragedy. Our ideas in the present day are with the households of the victims,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated on the scene of the crash, trying devastated. “One factor I can assure: we’ll know the causes of this tragedy and we’ll do all the pieces in our energy in order that it by no means occurs once more.”