At least 16 dead and 85 injured in train crash in Greece
Aerial view of the train accident that occurred on the evening of Tuesday February 28, 2023 in Greece, near Larissa.
A freight train and a train carrying 350 passengers collided.
An initial assessment reported 16 dead and 85 injured.
AP - Vaggelis Kousioras
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A collision between a freight train and a passenger train traveling between Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece, left at least 16 dead and 85 injured on Tuesday evening, February 28, according to firefighters.
Three wagons derailed at the town of Larissa and one of them caught fire.
Two hospitals have been requisitioned.
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A terrible train accident occurred on the evening of Tuesday, February 28.
A freight train and a passenger train traveling between the capital Athens and the port city of Thessaloniki collided.
350 people were on board the second.
The first assessment is heavy.
“
At least 16 people have been found dead so far
,” a spokesperson for the Greek fire service told a press conference, adding that the rescue operation was still ongoing.
“
85 people were injured and transported to nearby hospitals
,” he added.
The spokesman confirmed that three wagons derailed at the level of the city of Larissa, capital of the outskirts of Thessaly, in the center of the country, after the collision between a freight train and another convoy.
One of the carriages caught fire and several people became trapped, according to the public broadcaster
Ert
.
On the Skai
television channel
, Kostas Agorastos, the governor of the region, said that “
more than 250 passengers were transferred by bus to Thessaloniki
”.
“
Unfortunately, the number of injured and dead is likely to be high
,” he continued.
A government crisis meeting was organised.
The two hospitals in the Larissa region have been requisitioned to accommodate the many injured, according to local media Onlarissa.
(With AFP)
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