Multiple people are dead and at least 80 are injured after a passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in Northern Greece. READ MORE: 9News
early on Wednesday , killing 26 people and injuring at least 85, Fire Service officials said.
"The evacuation process is ongoing and is being carried out under very difficult conditions due to the severity of the collision between the two trains," Fire Service spokesman Vassilis Varthakoyiannis said.Smoke rises from trains as firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision near Larissa city, Greece.
Rescuers wearing headlamps worked in thick smoke, pulling pieces of mangled metal from the rail cars to search for trapped people. A teenage survivor who did not give his name told Greek reporters as he got off one of the buses that just before the crash, he felt a strong braking and saw sparks and then there was a sudden stop."Our carriage didn't derail, but the ones in front did and were smashed," he said, visibly shaken.
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