(1 Mar 2023)
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Tempe - 1 March 2023
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1. Various drone shots of scene of train collision
STORYLINE:
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 Greece.
The collision in northern Greece killed 32 and injured at least 85.
Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flames after the collision just before midnight Tuesday near the town of Tempe as the passenger train was emerging from a highway underpass.
After sunrise, rescue crews were using heavy machinery to move large pieces of the trains.
Officials said many of the passengers on board the Athens to Thessaloniki train had been university students returning home after celebrating Carnival over a long weekend.
Survivors said several passengers were thrown through the windows of the train cars due to the impact.
Other accounts say some fought to free themselves after the passenger train buckled, slamming into a field near a gorge, about 380 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens.
Hospital officials in the nearby city of Larissa said at least 25 of those hurt had serious injuries.
The possible cause of the collision was not immediately clear.
Two rail officials were being questioned by police but had not been detained.
AP video shot by Vaggelis Kousioras
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