The incident occurred at midnight when a commercial train and a passenger train collided head-on in the mid-country town of Tempe. After the collision, three carriages of the passenger train derailed and set on fire.
Euskaraz irakurri: 32 pertsona or 85 zauritu Grezian bi trenek talka egin ostean
At least 32 people have died and 85 were injured (25 in serious condition) after two trains collided head-on near the Greek city of Tempe, in the center of the country.
A commercial train and a passenger train collided around midnight, the Greek fire service and the ERT chain have collected.
According to preliminary reports, the passenger train – in which 350 people were on board and which made the route Thessaloniki (north) to Larisa (centre) – had diverted to the wrong lane, where the trade train was driving. Due to the collision, the derailment of three wagons of the passenger train.
“Wagons one and two do not exist. Due to the severity of the collision, they were ejected,” Thessaly regional governor Kostas Agorastos told ERT, explaining that the injured included people with burns and mutilations.
For his part, the mayor of Tempo, Giorgos Manoli, has assured that in the first three wagons they have developed temperatures from 1,200 to 1,500 ºC.
40 ambulances rushed to the scene of the incident to treat the many injured, who were transferred to the University Hospital of the City of Larisa and the Hospital of the City of Katerinis. Currently, more than 50 people remain hospitalized.
Meanwhile, the head of Larisa’s train station, who was in charge at the time of the accident; the representative of the Hellenic Train company and another official have been taken to the Larisa police, according to the above-mentioned media.
In addition to the firefighters, the police and the military have mobilized to assist in the rescue duties, triggering an alert protocol as per the chain mentioned above in the event of such accidents.
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Source: EITB
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