Death Toll From Greece Train Crash Rises To 57
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The death toll from Tuesday night's train crash in central
Greece has increased to 57, authorities said on Thursday, trend reports citing
xinhua .
Forty-eight people remain hospitalized, six of them in intensive
care, Greek Police spokeswoman Konstantia Dimoglidou told
journalists.
A search and rescue operation is expected to conclude on Friday,
Greek Fire Service spokesman Vasilios Vathrakogiannis added.
An investigation is simultaneously underway to determine the
causes of the crash -- how and why a passenger train collided
head-on with a freight train traveling in opposite directions.
A station master has been arrested and charged with manslaughter
by negligence.
The government has declared a three-day national mourning until
Friday and promised that problems affecting the operation of
railways will be addressed to prevent such tragedies in the
future.
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