The impact just before midnight Tuesday threw some passengers into ceilings and out the windows
Authorities arrested the stationmaster at the train’s last stop, in the city of Larissa. They did not release the man’s name or the reason for the arrest, but the stationmaster is responsible for rail traffic on that stretch of the tracks.
A train carrying hundreds of passengers collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece, killing and injuring dozens passengers.On Wednesday, rescuers turned to cranes and other heavy machinery to start moving large pieces of the trains, revealing more bodies and dismembered remains. Eight rail employees were among those killed in the crash, including the two drivers of the freight train and the two drivers of the passenger train, according to Greek Railroad Workers Union President Yannis Nitsas.PASSENGERS SAY TRAIN CRASH WAS LIKE AN EXPLOSION
A man who was trying to ascertain the fate of his daughter, who was on the train, saying he had a harrowing phone conversation with her before she was cut off.GREECE GOES FROM CARNIVAL TO MOURNING “I can guarantee one thing: We will find out the causes of this tragedy and we will do all that's in our power so that something like this never happens again,” Mitsotakis said.
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