A serious train accident occurred in Greece overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. On March 1, 2023, the toll reported at least 32 dead. The pictures are impressive.
The images are chilling. Two trains launched at full speed collided, face to face, in Greece, Tuesday February 28, 2023, near Larissa, in the center of the country. This Wednesday, the latest updated report from the authorities reported at least 32 dead and 85 injured, 53 of whom were taken to hospital. It is a passenger train and a freight train, which found themselves on the same rails, traveling in opposite directions, without any explanation being able to be given at this time. “The first two cars were reduced to a pulp, and the top car was the restaurant of the train. All this amorphous mass is like scrap metal”, explained the regional governor of Thessaly, Kostas Agorastos, relayed by the Greek media.
The passenger train linked the capital, Athens, with Thessaloniki, the country’s second largest city. The freight train was making the same trip in the other direction. This is the worst train accident Greece has ever experienced. “If it had happened a minute later, the collision would have happened inside the Tempe tunnel, and then we would have had an explosion and maybe even a collapse of the tunnel, added Kostas Agorastos. The Department of Larissa traffic has launched an investigation into this accident.