LARISSA, Greece, 2nd March, 2023 (WAM) — At least 38 people were killed when a Greek passenger train collided head-on with a freight train late on Tuesday, derailing carriages which then burst into flames in the country's deadliest rail crash in living memory, Reuters reported.
Many of the victims were thought to be university students returning home after a long holiday weekend. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise further – temperatures in one carriage had risen to 1,300 Celsius (2,370 F) after it caught fire.
Authorities are working to establish how the high-speed passenger train collided with another carrying shipping containers, coming in the opposite direction and on the same track at speeds thought to be up to 160 km (100 miles) per hour.