A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in Greece, killing at least 36 people. This is a developing story
TEMPE, Greece — A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing at least 36 people and injuring some 85, officials said Wednesday.
After sunrise, they turned to heavy machinery that had been brought in to start moving large pieces of the trains. What appeared to be the passenger train’s third carriage lay atop the crumpled remains of the first two, where emergency crews were directing their focus. “There were many big pieces of steel,” said Vassilis Polyzos, a local resident who said he was one of the first people on the scene. “The trains were completely destroyed, both passenger and freight trains.”“People, naturally, were scared — very scared,” he said. “They were looking around, searching; they didn’t know where they were.”
Greece’s firefighting service said some 66 people were hospitalized, including six in intensive care. Passengers who received minor injuries or were unharmed were transported by bus to Thessaloniki, 130 kilometers to the north. Police took their names as they arrived, in an effort to track anyone who may be missing.
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