Freight and passenger trains collided in Greece, there are dead (7 photos + 2 videos)

2 March 2023
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The tragedy occurred on the night of Wednesday, March 1. For some For unknown reasons, the trains traveling towards each other ended up on the same branch and collided near the city of Tempi. The trains were about 350 people.





From the impact of the collision, three carriages of the passenger train derailed and started a fire.



According to the Governor of Thessaly, the first two carriages passenger trains are completely destroyed. surviving passengers have already been evacuated, and the search for the dead continues.

The number of victims is growing.

At first, 16 dead and 60 wounded were reported, but according to the latest from the official representative of the fire department Vasilisa Vatrakoyannis, there are already 85 victims (the condition of 25 is estimated as serious, and 53 remain in hospitals), 32 people died.



These figures are not final, and emergency officials believe that the number of victims may increase.



It is reported that the bodies of the dead are transferred to hospitals, where go through the identification process. Hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki are ready for admission more wounded.



The search for the dead people continues. At the site of the tragedy there are 150 firefighters, 40 ambulances and 32 police officers on 15 patrol cars. In addition, truck cranes are involved, with with the help of which it is necessary to raise fragments of wagons.



It is known that the passenger train followed the route Thessaloniki - Larissa. And the cause of the collision according to the preliminary version firefighters could become an error when changing railway tracks, due to which had two trains on the same route.

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