Passenger train carrying hundreds of people collides at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing at least 32 people and injuring at least 85, officials say.
Smoke rises from trains after a collision near Larissa city, Greece, March 1, 2023. The collision between a freight and passenger train occurred near Tempe, some 380 kilometers north of Athens, and resulted in the derailment of several train cars.At least 32 people have been killed and 85 others injured after a freight train and a passenger train crashed and derailed in Greece late Tuesday local time, officials said.
A man walks at the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023.Emergency services were sent to the scene from several nearby towns to help transport injured passengers and free others trapped in the wreckage, officials said. Smoke rises from trains as firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision near Larissa city, Greece, on March 1, 2023.Smoke rises from trains as firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision near Larissa city, Greece, on March 1, 2023.Forty ambulances with the National Emergency Center and 150 Fire Brigade firefighters responded to the scene, officials said, along with 32 police officers with 15 patrol cars.
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