A serious train accident occurred in Greece on Wednesday night, many people died.
Emergency services already report 32 fatalities in the morning.
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Serious accident: In Greece, a passenger train collides with a freight train.
The number of fatalities is increasing: According to the fire department, at least 32 people died.
Dramatic scenes: A survivor from the train reports on the accident.
Update from March 1, 5:55 a.m .
: According to the fire department, at least 32 people died in the serious train accident in Greece on Wednesday night.
Another 53 people were seriously injured and treated in hospitals.
"The search and rescue operation is ongoing," said a spokesman for the fire department on state television.
"It's a tragedy," said a firefighter on state television from the scene of the accident near the city of Larissa.
Rescuers used cranes and other heavy equipment to try to lift the derailed wagons to search for survivors and victims, reporters at the scene said.
No details were available from official sources about the circumstances of the accident.
According to the first information from railway workers, a passenger train that started from Athens collided head-on with a freight train coming from the opposite direction - from the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki.
The passenger train was the Intercity 62, which left Athens at 7:22 p.m. on Tuesday evening for Thessaloniki with around 350 passengers.
Original message
: Athens – Around 350 travelers and 20 railway workers are said to have been on board the two trains when the tragic accident occurred in Greece on Wednesday night.
According to initial findings, at least 26 people died in the serious train accident.
This was reported by the German Press Agency (dpa)
early in the morning, citing a fire department spokesman.
On state television, the spokesman said, among other things, that a freight train collided with a passenger train in the train accident.
Serious train accident in Greece: at least 26 dead – rescue workers are looking for survivors in the rubble
Accordingly, there are numerous injured, according to the first information around 85 people.
Some of them were seriously injured in the train accident.
"The search and rescue operation is ongoing.
Even with heavy equipment, ”said the spokesman.
The fire brigade and rescue workers are currently trying to find survivors in the rubble.
“Most of the injured have head injuries, broken pelvises, arms and legs.
Unfortunately, there are numerous people who are still in the rubble," a member of a rescue team told reporters at the scene.
What exactly happened on Wednesday night is still unclear.
No details were available from official sources about the circumstances of the accident.
According to the first information from railway workers, a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train coming from the opposite direction.
The first three carriages of the passenger train were smashed, eyewitnesses said.
Greek television showed videos from the scene of the accident near Tempi in central Greece.
Greece: Survivor tells of dramatic scenes on site
A survivor said fire broke out on the passenger train after the collision.
"There was chaos and a roar from hell," he added on state television.
"We smashed the window panes with our suitcases and groped our way out of our wagon in the dark," said a young man.
The train had started in Athens and headed to the Greek port city of Thessaloniki, other survivors reported on television.
The route, which connects Athens with the northern Greek port of Thessaloniki, has been modernized in recent years.
The Greek railways (Hellenic Train) are operated by the Italian state railway Ferroviaria dello Stato Italiano (FS).
Railway workers said on the Greek broadcaster Real FM that, despite the modernization, there were significant problems with the electrical coordination of traffic control.