‘Carriage one and two no longer exist’: Rescuers search debris for survivors of Greece rail crash
Rescuers are searching through the burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling several carriages into twisted steel knots.
The cause of the crash near the Vale of Tempe, a river valley about 380 kilometres north of Athens, was not immediately clear. Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis addresses the media during his visit to the site of the tragedy.“Our carriage didn’t derail, but the ones in front did and were smashed,” he said, visibly shaken. He used a bag to break the window of his car, the fourth, and escape.
“There were many big pieces of steel,” said Vassilis Polyzos, a local resident who said he was one of the first people on the scene. “The trains were completely destroyed, both passenger and freight trains.” More than 200 people who were unharmed or suffered minor injuries were taken by bus to Thessaloniki, 130 kilometres to the north. Police took their names as they arrived, in an effort to track anyone who may be missing.
Visiting the accident scene, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the government must help the injured recover and identify the dead.
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