Two trains collided in northern Greece, killing at least 26 people and injuring more than 85, according to the Greek Fire Service.
For its part, the Greek public broadcaster ERT showed on social networks images of smoke coming out of the overturned train carriages, in addition to long lines of rescue vehicles next to them.
In other images you can also see the bodies of rescuers with torches and lamps looking for survivors in the wagons of the trains that collided.
Vassilis Varthakogiannis, spokesman for the Greek Fire Service, reported in a televised broadcast that a passenger train carrying more than 350 people collided with a freight train on Tuesday night, just before midnight local time, in the Tempi area, in central Greece, near the city of Larissa, CNN reports today.
According to the outlet, there are at least 150 firefighters with 17 vehicles, in addition to 20 ambulances, involved in the ongoing rescue operation.
It is worth mentioning that the passenger train that crashed in Larissa was traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki, according to spokesman Varthakogiannis.
On the other hand, Ioannis Artopoios, spokesman for the Greek Fire Service, reported on Greek television that search and rescue operations are underway, but said the death toll is expected to increase.
The Greek railway company, Hellenic Train, said in a press release, according to CNN, that there was “a head-on collision between two trains: a freight train and the IC 62 train that had departed from Athens to Thessaloniki. Around 350 passengers were on board at the time of the collision.”
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