Greek stationmaster arrested after head-on train crash kills at least 36
Greek police say the stationmaster in the city of Larissa has been arrested following the nearby train crash that left at least 36 people dead.
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Greek police say the stationmaster in the city of Larissa has been arrested following the nearby train crash that left at least 36 people dead.
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Fire Service officials said at least 85 were hurt in the collision just before midnight near Tempe, 235 miles north of Athens.
Three days of national mourning have been announced
TEMPE (Greece), Mar 1: A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing 32 and injuring at least 85, officials said Wednesday. Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flames after the collision near the town of Tempe on Tuesday just before midnight. Rescue crews illuminated the scene with floodlights before dawn on Wednesday as they searched frantically through the twisted, smoking wreckage […]