Posted on 02/28/2023 7:19:49 PM PST by dynachrome
At least 26 people were killed and more than 85 injured when two trains collided in northern Greece, the Greek Fire Service said Wednesday.
Images on Greece’s state-owned public broadcaster ERT showed smoke pouring out of toppled train cars and long lines of rescue vehicles next to them. The images also showed rescue workers with torches searching carriages for survivors.
Greek Fire Service spokesman Vassilis Varthakogiannis said in a televised briefing that a passenger train carrying more than 350 people had collided with a freight train on Tuesday evening, shortly before midnight local time, in the area of Tempi, central Greece, near the city of Larissa.
The Greek railway company, Hellenic Train, said in a press release that there was “a head-on collision between two trains: a freight train and train IC 62 which had departed from Athens to Thessaloniki.”
About 350 passengers were on board at the time of the collision, according to Hellenic Train.
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I dunno I think we just learn about more what happens in real time than before.
Send in Pete Buttplug to investigate the accident.
He’ll get to the bottom of it while having fun in Greece.
In a modern world of software controls this should not happen.
Greece, where they separate the men from the boys, with a crowbar.
Lionel train collision gif....
That Santa Fe was the most expensive Lionel locomotive.
Beautiful.
I didn’t have one but my buddy in 2nd grade did but it was his father’s and he wasn’t allowed to touch it, run it or anything else. He and I could watch as his dad ran all the fancy trains and moving accessories himself. Just him.
So in a way it was a cruel so near and yet so far situation.
At my house if I flipped the open coal car by mistake around a curve I then had to pick up hundreds of tiny scale model coal pieces off the layout and floor.
Is Pete Buttplug in charge over there, too?
“...we just learn about more what happens in real time...”
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I agree with that, but it is more than just that.
Everywhere I go, it seems like nothing works right.
Little things like:
No toilet paper in the bathroom at the restaurant.
No shopping carts available at the grocery store.
No stock on the shelves.
Nobody knows where to find anything at the big box stores.
They can’t get your order filled correctly at the fast food joint.
The person on the phone can’t resolve your banking problem.
The technicians at the car dealership
can’t figure out what is wrong with your car.
Etc, etc, etc.
It is like everyone everywhere is on their first day on the job.
It’s called affirmative action ...
Twenty six posts and no one read the link.
Link stated that both trains left Athens for Thessasomething.
Not exactly a head on crash.
“The Greek railway company, Hellenic Train...”
What’s the Greek trucking company called, Helen Wheels?
You all saw that coming, too.
How? With all the computerized railroad alert systems, how?
Gomez pushed the plunger a split second too early!
The Greek railway company, Hellenic Train, said in a press release that there was “a head-on collision between two trains: a freight train and train IC 62 which had departed from Athens to Thessaloniki.”
I think there is supposed to be a comma after "freight train"
Buttplug must be moonlighting.
(trains collide in Greece (head on collision))
“The Peacemaker”
“When was Pete Buttplug put in charge of transportation in Greece?”
More likely Putin behind it (and everything else that goes bad in the West).
People are just idiots.
Any way to connect transatlantic dots?
The Vale of Tempe is a very beautiful area--the main passageway between Macedonia and Thessaly. But the wreck occurred in a more open area.
Station manager in deadly head-on train collision in Greece faces manslaughter charges
A station manager faces manslaughter charges following a deadly high-speed train collision that killed dozens of people in central Greece, his attorney said Thursday.
At least 57 people have been confirmed dead and more than 80 others injured in the head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train Tuesday night in Tempi, near the city of Larissa, officials said, as the death toll has continued to rise in the wake of the fiery crash.
About 350 people were on board the passenger train, which was traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki, according to the Greek rail operator Hellenic Train.
The passenger train was traveling at a speed of about 103 mph when it collided with the freight train, according to the Hellenic Fire Service. Greek state TV reported that the two trains were running on the same line for 12 minutes, or a distance of about 11 miles.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday that the incident was "mainly due to tragic human error."
The 59-year-old Larissa station manager was arrested following the deadly crash and has since been charged with disruption of public transport safety, manslaughter and bodily injuries by negligence, his lawyer told reporters outside the courthouse Thursday.
The station manager, who could face up to life in prison for the manslaughter charge, has not been publicly identified. He has until Saturday to prepare his defense, his lawyer told reporters.
The station manager reportedly took some responsibility for the disaster but other factors were at play, his lawyer said, according to Reuters. The man was assigned his role a few months ago, according to Greek state media reports.
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