The incident took place this midnight when a freight train and a passenger train collided head-on in the town of Tempe, in the center of the country. After the collision, three carriages of the passenger train have derailed and burned.
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At least 32 people have died and 85 have been injured (25 in serious condition) after two trains collided head-on near the Greek town of Tempe, in the center of the country.
Around midnight, a freight train and a passenger train from the Hellenic Train company have collided, as reported by the Greek Fire Department and the ERT chain has collected.
According to preliminary reports, the passenger train – in which 350 people were on board and which made the route Thessaloniki (north) to Larissa (centre) – had diverted to a wrong lane, where the commercial train was circulating. The collision caused the derailment of three of the wagons of the passenger train and a fire.
“Wagon one and two do not exist. Due to the seriousness of the collision, they were expelled,” the regional governor of Thessaly, Kostas Agorastos, told ERT, detailing that among the injured there are people with burns and mutilations.
For his part, the mayor of Temp2, Giorgos Manoli, has assured that in the first three wagons they have developed temperatures from 1,200 to 1500 ºC.
40 ambulances have rushed to the scene of the incident treating the many injured, who have been transferred to the University Hospital of the city of Larisa and the Hospital of the city of Katerinis. Currently, more than 50 people remain admitted.
Meanwhile, the head of the Larisa train station, who was in charge at the time of the accident; the representative of the Hellenic Train company, as well as another official have been taken to the Larisa Police Department, according to the aforementioned media.
In addition to the firefighters, the Police and the Army have mobilized to help in the rescue tasks, activating an alert protocol as planned in the event of such accidents, according to the aforementioned chain.
Source: Eitb
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