Death toll from Greece train collision rises to 36, three-day national mourning declared

STORY: Death toll from Greece train collision rises to 36, three-day national mourning declared DATELINE: March 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site 2. various of firefighters rescuing STORYLINE: The death toll from the collision of two trains in central Greece late Tuesday night has increased to 36, while 66 injured people were still hospitalized, including six in serious condition in intensive care units, the Greek Fire Service said on Wednesday. More than 150 firefighters, including special units, were participating in an ongoing search and rescue operation for survivors in the wreckage, the spokesperson of the Fire Service, Vasilios Vathrakogiannis, told a press briefing. Efforts are focused on the first three carriages of the passenger train that crashed onto a freight train close to midnight at Tempi municipality, he added. They were engulfed in flames after the collision. A total of 346 passengers were on board the passenger train, n

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