Pictured:A crane operator, firefighters and rescuers work the scene of the deadly train crash on Wednesday morning. Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis makes statements to the media during his visit at the location of a collision of the train in Tempe, about 376 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. In addition, traffic flow (green: smooth traffic, red: traffic jams, orange: slow moving traffic, black: road closed) is available on the map. News Weather 0C Monday -4 | -2C Tuesday -7 | -4C Wednesday -9 | -3C Fire service and police officers warned reporters to stay behind a cordon as rescue workers helped them to retrieve the latest grim discovery from the melded train engines. The train from Athens to Thessaloniki was carrying 350 passengers, many of them students returning fromraucous Carnival celebrations. (George Kidonas/AP), Firefighters collect a body after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. It was believed to be the body of one of the train drivers. A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed before midnight Tuesday with an oncoming freight train. The president of the train drivers' union Kostas Genidounias told AFP from the scene that the accident 'would have been avoided if the safety systems were working'. Rescuers searched late into the night Wednesday for survivors amid the mangled, burned-out wrecks of two trains that collided in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country's deadliest rail crash. The department, which oversees public safety in Monroe County's most populatedtown,has approximately 100 sworn officers. public events). Published: 14:46 EST, 1 March 2023 | Updated: 03:48 EST, 2 March 2023. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Do not sell or share my personal information. The media network attributed the problems to unsafe level crossings, poor infrastructure and traffic management systems, and understaffed companies. As 85 people were taken to hospitals with injuries, Mr. Mitsotakis hurried to visit the site and trepidation grew about a rising death toll. Hopes of finding anyone still alive in the wreckage more than 34 hours later appeared slim. Kostas A. Karamanlis, the Greek transport minister, announced hours after the crash that he would resign, saying in a statement that when something so tragic happens, its impossible to continue as if nothing had happened., Its a fact that we inherited the Greek railway in a state that is not fitting for the 21st century, he added. At least 36 people are dead, and another 85 injured, after a passenger train collided with a freight train overnight on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in central Greece. Michael Wood, a deputy commissioner at the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who also previously worked for the Rochester Police Department for two decades, is set to begin his role as chief next week. The security camera clip showed a huge fireball rising hundreds of feet into the air immediately following the brutal impact, sparking the blaze that reduced two entire carriages to smouldering wreckage. Despite the frosty relations between the two NATO members, Greece's leadership had called Erdogan last month following a massive earthquake that killed tens of thousands in Turkey. Students take part in a protest following a deadly train accident on February 28, 2023, near the city of Larissa, central Greece where 38 people died, outside the Hellenic Train headquarters, in Athens, on March 1. Survivors have told of a "nightmarish 10 seconds" as their train carriage overturned and was engulfed in flames in a crash in central Greece. Nicosia said two Cypriots were among the missing. We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Beaming Prince Harry and Meghan enjoy a date night at exclusive $4,200-A-YEAR private members' club in LA - as friend claims they've been left furious over King Charles' 'cruel' decision to evict them from Frogmore Cottage, Biden LAUGHS at claim he was responsible for fentanyl overdoses of two brothers and says they died 'under the previous administration' - after mom's heartbreaking testimony to Congress. 'It was the train of terror,' Pavlos Aslanidis, whose son is missing along with a friend, told reporters. He said windows shattered, showering riders with glass. Transportation Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned, saying he was stepping down as a basic indication of respect for the memory of the people who died so unfairly., Karamanlis said he had made every effort to improve a railway system that had been in a state that doesn't befit the 21st century., But, he added, When something this tragic happens, it's impossible to continue as if nothing has happened.. The three-car crash on Stone Seventeen biological samples have been collected from remains, and from 23 relatives seeking a match, the police said. I feel so sorry for the parents of these kids.. Greeks began to look for answers. The union called the one-day strike to protest what it said was chronic neglect of Greeces railways by successive governments. TEMPE, Greece A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece, killing at (Vaggelis Kousioras/AP), Firefighters collect bodies after a collision in Tempe near Larissa city, Greece early Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Minor clashes broke out as some protesters threw stones at the offices of Greece's rail operator and riot police and set dumpsters on fire. WebMonroe County, NY - 911 Incidents 911 Incidents This page is designed as a hazard and traffic avoidance warning system, and is NOT meant as an avenue to obtain police The trains crashed just before the Vale of Tempe, a gorge that separates the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia. At first, a Greece police spokesman said Forsythe swerved to avoid striking a deer crossing the road just north of the Ridgeway Avenue exit. GREECE, N.Y. (WROC) Interim Greece Police Chief Jason Helfer was hospitalized Wednesday, after a crash on Kuhn Road. If an investigation proves that national safety standards were not in line with E.U. Thanks for contacting us. A man who was trying to ascertain the fate of his daughter, who was on the train, said he had a harrowing phone conversation with her before she was cut off. Nothing works, Kostas Genidounias, president of the association of Greek train drivers, told state television. Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. The accident left a tangled mess of metal and shattered glass in a field. It was unclear if or how the tragedy would reverberate across the political landscape. Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou broke off an official visit to Moldova to visit the scene, laying flowers beside the wreckage. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, has collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train. GREECE, N.Y. (WROC) Authorities investigated a rollover crash near the area of English Road and Mt. They are in very bad condition.". 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Windows were shattering and people were screaming, a young man, who was not identified, told a television crew after surviving the crash. Dozens dead after devastating train crash in Greece New York Daily News Train debris lies on the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometers (235 4 min read. 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They said others fought to free themselves after the passenger train buckled, slamming into a field near the gorge, about 235 miles north of Athens. I'm still shaking,' 22-year-old passenger Angelos told AFP. Hellenic Train, which operates all of Greece's passenger and cargo trains, including those that collided, offered its "heartfelt condolences" to the victims' families. 4 hospitalized after 3-car crash in Greece. A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, has collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train. All rights reserved. The European Union Agency for Railways is responsible for setting up safety standards in collaboration with the national authorities and for monitoring and reporting on rail safety across the bloc. 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