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Landscape full of flames, with pieces of melted wagons scattered everywhere. This image, described by survivors of the train derailment that took place on Tuesday evening in central
Landscape full of flames, with pieces of melted wagons scattered everywhere. This image, described by survivors of the train derailment that took place on Tuesday evening in central Greece, causedl at least 36 killed and more than 85 wounded.
About 150 firefighters with 17 vehicles and 4 cranes are working around the clock trying to save the lives of people stuck in the remains of a column in what was the largest railway accident of the last decade in Europe.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, by now they have recovered. 36 lifeless bodies, while 66 wounded remain in hospitals, six of them are in intensive care.
The local press talks about dozens of disappeared and authorities have calculated that the death toll will increase as long as firefighters’ efforts are focused on the first carriages where people are stranded.
It is feared that most of them young people return to university town Thessaloniki after the carnival celebrations over the weekend.
“I promise that the causes of this tragedy are being investigated. We will do our best to ensure that this never happens again,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at the crash site.
collision at high speed
Two trains – passenger and commercial – were traveling at high speed when they collided shortly before midnight. north of the city of Larissanear Tempe, a small town located in the valley where the railway tunnel passes, about 300 kilometers north of Athens.
Drone footage of the accident site, released to local media, shows the great intensity with which the collision occurred with the first carriages of the commercial train. turned into an amorphous mass of calcined metal.
The first carriage of the passenger train is completely derailed on the left side of the railswhile large pieces of metal are scattered everywhere, thrown a long distance.
“The images I saw as soon as I got off the van were incredible. tragic. I saw flames everywherepieces of metal from the wagons melted and many people died. They didn’t have time to get out,” the passenger told Greek state news agency AMNA.
The coroners ask DNA testing to the families of the passengers, as many of the recovered bodies are unidentifiable.
All indications are that trains owned by Hellenic Train, They were driving along the same road at high speed.d at the time of the crash, so the drivers and other crew members involved died in the crash.
Human error?
The first studies point to human error.
Greek Train Drivers Union President Kostas Geridunias condemned the state of worsening where the railway infrastructure of the country is located.
“Nothing works, everything is done by hand, we are in manual mode on the entire Athens-Thessaloniki axis. The traffic lights don’t work either. If they did, the drivers would see the red light and stop in time,” he said.
For these reasons, drivers they are almost entirely dependent information they receive from the heads of the respective stations, Geridunias emphasized.
They arrest the stationmaster
The head of the Larisa station was detained as part of an investigation launched by the prosecutor’s office, which accuses him of committing crimes manslaughter and dangerous interference with traffic.
According to local media, in his testimony, he stated that ordered the train to change coursebut that the system did not obey.
Passenger train collided with advertising a few meters later that he came out of the railway tunnel.
According to the fire department, both trains 342 passengers and 12 crew members.
Although the trains are operated by the private company Hellenic Train, all other infrastructure, including security systems, they are dependent on the state agency Greek Railways (OSE).
This was announced on Wednesday by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. three days of national mourning
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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