(1 Mar 2023)
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++PLEASE IGNORE STORYLINE SENT EARLIER AND REPLACE WITH FOLLOWING, WHICH CLARIFIES THAT THE COLLISION HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY, NOT EARLY ON WEDNESDAY++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Near Tempe - 1 March 2023
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of crashed train, debris, smoke
STORYLINE:
A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece late on Tuesday, killing 29 people and injuring at least 85, officials said.
Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flames after the collision near Tempe, a small town next to a valley where major highway and rail tunnels are located, some 380 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens.
Hospital officials in the nearby city of Larissa said at least 25 people had serious injuries.
Hospital units used to treat burn victims had been alerted in the area, he said, and dozens of ambulances were involved in the rescue effort.
Survivors said several passengers were thrown through the windows of the train cars due to the impact.
They said others fought to free themselves after the passenger train buckled, slamming into a field next to the tracks.
Rescuers wearing head lamps worked in thick smoke, pulling pieces of mangled metal from the cars to search for trapped people.
Others scoured the field with flashlights and checked underneath the wreckage.
AP video shot by Vassilis Kommatas
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