A minimum of 36 folks have been killed, and greater than 85 others have been wounded when two trains collided in northern Greece on Tuesday evening, the Greek Hearth Service says.
A spokesman, Vassilis Varthakogiannis, stated in a televised briefing that a passenger practice carrying greater than 350 folks collided with a freight practice shortly earlier than midnight native time within the space of Tempi, central Greece, close to the town of Larissa.
The passenger practice was touring from Athens to Thessaloniki.
Rescuers are nonetheless within the strategy of figuring out the useless, Varthakogiannis stated in an up to date briefing, including that 150 firefighters and first responders are engaged on web site.
As of now 66 individuals are being handled in hospital, with six in intensive care models.
The collision follows a nationwide carnival on the weekend which ended with a public vacation on Monday.