At least 36 people died and there are dozens of injured

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The collision occurred near Lárisa, in the center of the country, between a formation with 350 passengers and a convoy carrying various goods.

A tragic train crash that caused him the death of at least 36 people, and left another 85 with injuries, shocked Greece on Tuesday. The accident occurred near the city of Lárisa, in the center of the country, between a formation that had 350 passengers on board, and a convoy that was transporting goods.

“At least 36 people have been found dead so far,” the spokesman for the Greek firefighters, Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, reported at a press conference, noting that the rescue operation was still underway. According to the media in that European country, this is the “worst rail accident Greece has ever known”.

Furthermore, he added that “85 people were injured and they were transferred to hospitals in the surrounding area”. He confirmed, in parallel, that three wagons of the train that traveled between Athens and Thessaloniki derailedwhich caused the head-on collision near Tempe, about 380 kilometers north of Athens.

According to local television, one of the wagons caught fire and several people were trapped. According to the ANA press agency, the fire was brought under control overnight by firefighters.



Smoke billows from train carriages as firefighters and rescuers work after a train crash near the city of Larissa, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)

The governor of the region, Kostas Agorastros, assured that “it was a very strong shock” and declared that “more than 250 passengers were transferred by bus to Thessaloniki.” “Unfortunately, the number of wounded and dead is at risk of being high“, he added.

Against this background, the Greek government organized a crisis meeting after the event.

Forty ambulances arrived at the crash site to treat the multiple injured, who were taken to Larisa City University Hospital and Katerinis City Hospital.

In addition to the firefighters, the Police and the Army were mobilized to help in the rescue tasks, and activated an alert protocol as planned in the event of this type of accident.

I’ve never seen anything like this in my entire life. It’s tragic. Five hours later we found bodies,” said an exhausted lifeguard as he emerged from the cavity where he and his team were extracting the bodies of passengers.

Lazos, a passenger questioned by the Protothema newspaper, declared: “We have experienced something very shocking.” “I’m not hurt, but I’m stained with other people’s blood who were wounded next to me,” he said.

Train crashes in Croatia and Pakistan

At least three dead and 11 injured was the balance left by the tragic accident involving a passenger train and a cargo train in September last year, in the central region of Croatia.

As indicated by the local police through a statement, the collision took place near the town of Novska, which is located near the border with Bosnia.

The impact was huge”, said Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, who immediately went to the scene of the accident along with other officials. He also confirmed that the lifeless bodies of three people were found at the scene of the accident.

The passenger train ran on a local line and carried 13 passengers, while only the engineer was traveling on the freight train, Plenkovic said.

Fatal train crash in Croatia.  AP photo.


Fatal train crash in Croatia. AP photo.

Another history of tragic train crashes was recorded in June 2022 in Pakistan. Three people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger trains collided after a derailment in a remote part of the southern Sindh province.

With information from agencies.

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