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Rescue effort beneath means after passenger prepare carrying 350 individuals collided with a cargo prepare close to central metropolis of Larissa.

A minimum of 16 individuals have been killed and dozens injured after a head-on collision between a passenger and cargo prepare in Greece.

The crash occurred exterior the central metropolis of Larissa late on Tuesday when a passenger prepare heading from Athens to the northern metropolis of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo prepare travelling from Thessaloniki to Larissa.

The fireplace brigade stated the circumstances of the crash remained unclear. A minimum of 85 individuals had been harm and rescue groups had been trying to find survivors within the wreckage strewn alongside the railway tracks.

“The collision was very sturdy,” Konstantinos Agorastos, the governor of the Thessaly area informed SKAI TV, including the primary 4 carriages of the passenger prepare had derailed, whereas the primary two carriages had been “nearly fully destroyed”.

Agorastos stated about 250 passengers had been evacuated safely to Thessaloniki on buses.

SKAI confirmed footage of derailed and crushed carriages and cargo containers, with particles strewn throughout the highway. Rescue employees with high-powered torches had been looking out in carriages for trapped passengers.

A serious emergency response was beneath means involving police and firefighters. About 30 ambulances had been dispatched to the scene, native media outlet Onlarissa reported.

“There was panic within the carriage, individuals had been screaming,” a younger man who was evacuated to a close-by bridge informed SKAI TV.

A passenger named Lazos informed the newspaper Protothema that the expertise had been “very surprising”.

“I wasn’t harm however I used to be stained with blood from different individuals who had been harm close to me,” he stated.

Native media reported about 350 individuals had been on the prepare.

“The evacuation of passengers is beneath means in very tough circumstances given the severity of the collision of the 2 trains,” hearth brigade spokesperson Vassilis Varthakogiannis stated in a televised handle.