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36 dead in one of Greece’s deadliest railway crashes
Updated On: 02 March, 2023 09:53 AM IST | Larissa, Greece | Agencies
Cargo and passenger trains collide head-on; death toll expected to rise, say officials
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A crane, firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision in Tempe near Larissa city, Greece, on Wednesday. Pic/AP
A passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on in Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring 85 as the country’s deadliest rail crash in decades threw entire carriages off the tracks.
A fire brigade official said the death toll was expected to rise. Sixty-six of those injured were hospitalised, six of whom in intensive care, the official said. The crash occurred as the passenger train emerged from a tunnel.
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