Tragedy from severe train collision in Tempe. Over 28 dead and 85 injured. Repeated accidents recently for Hellenic Train passengers raise questions...

  Images of chaos from the scene of the collision between the two trains. Over 85 injured, fears of several dead. At least 28 people have be...

 

Images of chaos from the scene of the collision between the two trains. Over 85 injured, fears of several dead. At least 28 people have been taken unconscious to hospitals. A shapeless mass the front carriages of the trains, there are trapped... 

A few hours earlier, however, electric cables fell on a train trapping hundreds of passengers at the Palaiofarsalos station...! Is it negligence and lack of maintenance by Hellenic Train or are we dealing with an ongoing sabotage attempt...?

 

The collision between the two trains at the height of Evangelismos Larisa, on Tuesday night, was severe, where according to the first information there are dead and injured. The accident occurred shortly before the valley in Tempi near the "Evangelismos" area, near the PAOK fans' monument, when an Intercity train collided with a commercial train resulting in three intercicty wagons derailing.

The latest information about  the accident with the collision and derailment  of trains in  Tempe  says  28 dead and dozens injured ,  while the number is expected to rise as at least  350 passengers were on board the  passenger train  .

More than 85 people have already been transferred to the hospitals, while the release of other people is in full progress. However, the fire that broke out in the wagons has not yet been extinguished, so the fire brigade is working.

According to ERT, 85 are so far injured, including 25 in serious condition, while many are burned and amputated.

Both hospitals in Larissa are open for the treatment of the injured, while  hospitals  in both  Athens and  Thessaloniki are ready to receive the injured.

Information indicates that there are people trapped inside the wagons that derailed.

The mobilization of the Authorities is gigantic. 40 firefighters with 17 vehicles are operating at the scene  , while 30 EKAV ambulances are on the scene   , having arrived urgently from  Larissa  and  Thessaloniki.

The passenger train was running the route  Thessaloniki – Larissa , and departed at 19:22. Three of its carriages have derailed, while the collision also caused a fire.

Mayor of Larissa on CNN Greece: Emergency services are open at both hospitals

Speaking to  CNN Greece,  the mayor  Apostolos Kalogiannis  emphasized that he is still trying to establish what exactly has happened, however he was informed that  the injured  are being transferred to the General Hospital and the University Hospital of  Larissa .

"We are burning for help" - "Irons have melted" - The first testimonies from the train collision in Tempe are shocking

There are no words to describe what the passengers of the trains that collided in Tempe are describing.

A passenger who spoke to SKAI TV reported that he lived through hell.

"Only iron remained, the front wagons caught fire," he said while adding that "there was no braking. The train immediately hit and derailed."

One of the passengers, Lazos, described the time of the collision:  "What we experienced is shocking. There are definitely injured people, now they are talking about dead people as well."

"I boarded the train at Larissa station, where it arrived at least an hour late. We started, I sat in the carriages with seats and suddenly we heard a deafening noise from ahead. The carriage jolted, causing many passengers to be thrown into the air and injured. People were screaming, I haven't hit, but I'm covered in blood from people who were injured near me," he added. 

"We do not confirm the number of dead, as long as the operation is ongoing. The priority is rescue and care at the moment"  said, at the same time, government sources,  as they tried to "collect" the tragedy caused by the government's abandonment of the railways.

A 19-year-old female passenger, who had started with the train crash from Athens at 19:22, describes what happened and how she was saved.

“We started normally at 7:22. I was in the fourth carriage. Suddenly, shortly after Larissa we felt a jolt. We all fell down, windows were broken, some wagons caught fire. The smoke was thick. We looked for a passage to get out and when we found it we started running away, because we were afraid of an explosion."

Then, together with some others, they went out into a side street. "Someone pulled us up with a rope and we got out. A bus driver, who was passing by, stopped and picked up those who left. At the moment we are approaching Thessaloniki",  he says.

"I saw many wounded and trapped. They were shouting and asking for water and coats, because it was cold."

It is noted that according to thesstoday, the relatives burst into tears and hugs as soon as they saw their families and friends, who arrived with the first KTEL bus, after the tragic accident that happened in Tempi.

Shortly before 2 in the evening, the first bus arrived at the OSE station, which was filled with 50 people. Among others, there were many wounded, with blood on their clothes and faces, who burst into sobs as soon as they realized they were safe and now with their relatives.
"We heard people shouting we are burning, it's shocking. I'm still in a state of shock," a train passenger tells ThessToday.gr.

👉The first descriptions from the tragic accident in #Tempi !
See horror pictures!!! I'm scared to think how many dead people we will wake up with in the morning!!!! pic.twitter.com/nORG2yjGAU

— Καθίκι (@KYTKYTKYTKYTKYT) March 1, 2023

15 dead and over 60 injured with fear that they will increase. 25 of the 60 are in a serious condition, while many are burned and amputated. Trapped inside the wagons and others. The train was damaged before, the relatives complain.
Nothing works! #Temple 😢 pic.twitter.com/RIv1UsYPuh

— Lina (@Lina1985LP) March 1, 2023

Outraged people look for those responsible for #Tempe
tragedy pic.twitter.com/AYdxMGmvBo

— Time to poll (@poll64376196) March 1, 2023

#Greece train crash: At least six people are said to have died and more left injured after two trains collided. Witnesses at the scene of the crash near Tempe shortly after midnight on Wednesday described an intense fire on one of the carriages.#τεμπη pic.twitter.com/BAqY55ObpS

— el saltador (@23perry245) February 28, 2023

"Let's go wherever it goes" he heard them say over the radio, a passenger who was riding the fatal train!!!
Your conclusions #temple pic.twitter.com/Xhzkkbt2Zm

— Time to poll (@poll64376196) March 1, 2023

#Tempe source thesstoday
National Tragedy.
Affliction. pic.twitter.com/3WP6aLZafy

— Radio MEGA ©️ (@radiofonomega) March 1, 2023

See more recent photos: Wreckage given over to flames the train that collided outside Larissa

Debris along with smoke and flames are recorded by the camera  in the area of ​​Tempe, where a passenger train collided with another commercial train shortly after 11 pm on Tuesday.

Due to the severity of the collision, parts of the train were turned into a mass of iron, while wagons were engulfed in flames.

The prime minister has been informed

The prime minister is constantly updated, while the minister of civil protection Christos Stylianidis is in the operations center of the Civil Protection.

The Minister of Health, Thanos Pleuris, is currently going to the hospitals, while the Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport, Yiannis Xifaras, is going to the site of the collision.

It should be noted that the Larissa University Hospital is on duty, while at the same time the Larissa General Hospital and the Katerinis Hospital are open on an emergency basis.

The military hospitals of Athens and Thessaloniki are on alert, should they need to receive wounded.

The 1st Army and the units of the Thessaly Region are activated and put on alert protocol as provided in case of such accidents.

A few hours earlier, electric cables fell on a train, trapping hundreds of passengers at the Paleofarsalos station...

The fact that on Tuesday afternoon there was yet another incident in which luckily there was only inconvenience to the Hellenic Train passengers makes an impression everywhere, as on Tuesday afternoon another problem arose with a train running the Athens - Thessaloniki route.

The train had reached Paleofarsalos and while the passengers were disembarking, there was an explosion in the electric cables hanging above the train.

According to a statement from the Hellenic Train company, the IC 56 train remained at the Palaiofarsalos station with a "significant delay", due to a "technical problem with the electric propulsion cable".

According to the first information, cited by the "Newspaper of the Editors", the train had reached Paleofarsalos and when the passengers were getting off, an explosion occurred in the power cables, which are hanging above the train.

The fact that the explosion had the consequence of cutting the 25,000 volt cable and falling onto the train is considered unprecedented.

Hellenic Train emphasizes in another post that due to the delay, the route will be carried out by buses from Paleofarsalo to Larissa, Katerini, Platy and Thessaloniki.

Only a few days have passed since a Hellenic Train train caught fire, just outside the Thessaloniki railway station.

While about two weeks ago, a train running the Larissa - Athens route was left just outside Oinoi due to a mechanical failure...

What's really going on? Is it negligent and criminally deficient maintenance of the Hellenic Train or are we dealing with an ongoing sabotage attempt...?

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