Head-on Train Crash in Greece Kills 36, Injures at Least 85 khaosodenglish.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from khaosodenglish.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, has collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train. The fiery wreck in northern Greece killed at least 36 people and injured some 85. Officials said Wednesday that multiple train cars derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash of the Athens to Thessaloniki train. Survivors say several passengers were thrown through the windows of the train cars due to the impact. They say others fought to free themselves after the passenger train buckled, slamming into a field near a gorge.
Multiple carriages derail and at least 3 burst into flames as locomotive traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki emerged from highway underpass; cause of collision unclear