Two trains collide in Greece, at least 32 killed and dozens injured
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Two trains collided head-on in Greece, killing at least 32 people and injuring 85 late on Tuesday night.
The cause of the deadliest rail crash in Greece in decades remained unclear, The Associated Press reports.
An intercity passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided at high speed with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa in central Greece, said the governor of the Thessaly region.
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Hospital management in the nearby city of Larisa reported that at least 25 people were seriously injured.
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"The evacuation of passengers is under way in very difficult conditions given the severity of the collision of the two trains," fire brigade spokesperson Vassilis Varthakogiannis said in a televised address.
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The passengers, who suffered minor or no injuries, were taken by bus to Thessaloniki, 130 kilometers (80 miles) to the north.
Rail operator Hellenic Train said about 350 passengers were on board the passenger train heading north from Athens to Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city.
Greece's aging railway system is in need of modernizing, with many trains traveling on single tracks and signaling and automatic control systems still to be installed in many areas.
Greece sold railway operator TRAINOSE to Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane in 2017 as part of its international bailout program, expecting hundreds of millions of euros to be invested in rail infrastructure in the coming years.
