China News Service, March 1 (CNN) reported that as of March 1 local time, at least 38 people have been killed in a collision between a freight train and a passenger train near the city of Larissa in central Greece. killed and 85 injured.

On February 28 local time, a passenger train and a freight train collided near the city of Larissa in central Greece.

The picture shows the scene of the accident.

  According to Reuters, this is Greece's deadliest railway accident in decades, in which an entire carriage was thrown off the tracks.

  The local fire department said 66 of the injured were hospitalized, six of them in intensive care.

About 250 of the 350 passengers were evacuated to Thessaloniki after the accident, reports said.

Rescuers are looking for more survivors, and prosecutors and police are investigating the cause of the accident.

  A government spokesman said the immediate priority was to treat the wounded and search for the missing, with psychologists providing psychological support to the families of the victims.

  European Commission President Von der Leyen paid tribute to the victims, and European Council President Michel also posted on social media saying "My heart is with the Greeks."