The head of the Larisa railway station in northern Greece remained officially detained while his possible liability is determined in head-on collision of two trains which left a preliminary balance of at least 36 deaths.

After the accident, the authorities began interrogate some officials involved in the movement of the trainin an attempt to find out the reasons for the head-on collision of two trains that ran for some time on the same track, according to the ERT network.

The stationmaster said that the system that regulates the distribution of trains on different tracks it’s automated and therefore didn’t work. Issues that need to be clarified include whether the set of failures and the extent to which there was human error or negligence.

One of the two convoys was identified as a train goodsand the other from passengerswith about 350 people on board. Authorities treated approximately 130 people with injuries, of whom at least 66 were hospitalized in regional hospitals.and found several charred victims.

Tempe Mayor Giorgos Manoli assured that in the first three wagons they reached temperature from 1200 to 1500 degrees Celsius, so it is expected that the affected balance will continue to increase. Local media came to a preliminary estimate of 40 dead.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis went to the scene and promised that, in addition to helping the victims and identifying the bodies, lThe authorities will do their best to find out the reasons. In addition, “so that this does not happen again,” he told reporters, the newspaper reports. cathimerini.