![]() ![]() Meanwhile, relatives of those missing are still awaiting news regarding their loved ones as the identification process continues at Larissa General Hospital. Search and rescue operations will continue on Thursday and Friday at the site of the crash, according to the Fire Service. The accident came soon after a holiday weekend. Most of the passengers involved in the accident were young, a local hospital told ERT. The protest was peaceful, following unrest on Wednesday in which demonstrators clashed with police. Police already had a presence outside the Hellenic Train headquarters before the demonstrators arrived. Protesters gathered outside the central Athens headquarters of Greek rail company Hellenic Train again on Thursday evening in a demonstration organized by student and worker unions. ![]() Upon arrest, he blamed the collision on a technical fault, though later admitted to "making a mistake." The station master has been charged with mass deaths through negligence and causing grievous bodily harm through negligence. ![]() "No, no, because 1564 is on this route," the station master says. "Shall I turn it now?" the employee asks. In a second conversation, the station master can be heard ordering an employee to keep one of the trains on the same track. "Vasilis, am I good to go?" the train driver responds, to which the train master says "Go, go." "Proceed through red traffic light exit until traffic light entry of Neon Poron," the station master is heard saying. Six of the injured being treated are in critical condition due to head wounds and serious burns, public broadcaster Emergency Response Team reported Thursday.Īfter a train station manager in Larissa was arrested in connection to the collision, Greek authorities on Thursday made public striking dispatch recordings that show one of the train drivers receiving instructions to ignore a red light. Protesters clashed with police in the capital Athens, the country's transport minister resigned in the wake of the tragedy and a rail workers' union is going on strike, accusing the government of "disrespect" in the sector.Īnother 48 people remain in hospital as a result of the crash, which left toppled carriages and scorched debris in its wake. The death toll from the crash rose to 57 late on Thursday. ATHENS, Greece - Anger in Greece over poor railway safety grew on Thursday, as authorities released audio in which a train driver involved in one of the country's worst train crashes in recent years was told to ignore a red light.ĭemonstrators poured onto the streets after the head-on collision between a passenger train carrying more than 350 people and a freight train on Tuesday evening in Tempi, near the city of Larissa. ![]()
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