He has worked for the town of Greece since 1997 and for the Greece Police Department for more than two decades, starting in 2000. A railway official, who insisted on speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to discuss the crash, said that electronic monitoring and warning systems along the track did not work properly. To complete your registration, click on the link in the email that we have just sent you. Survivors have told of a "nightmarish 10 seconds" as their train carriage overturned and was engulfed in flames in a crash in central Greece. The crash occurred at approximately 5:00 p.m. at the intersection of Mt. Firefighters collect a body after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The army was assisting with the rescue operation, and the Greek minister for civil protection, Christos Stylianides, was coordinating the states response. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Survivors have told of a "nightmarish 10 seconds" as their train carriage overturned and was engulfed in flames in a crash in central Greece. Greeces firefighting service said 57 people remained hospitalized late Wednesday, including six in intensive care. ET. People, naturally, were scared very scared, he said. On Wednesday, the government declared three days of national mourning. The union called the one-day strike to protest what it said was chronic neglect of Greeces railways by successive governments. Greece police in a news release said that an eastbound vehicle while turning left into a driveway, turned into the path of Helfer's westboundSUV. In 1968, 34 people died in a crash in the southern Peloponnese region. I'm still shaking,' 22-year-old passenger Angelos told AFP. 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'It will be very difficult to find survivors, due to the temperatures that developed in the carriages,' 40-year old rescuer Constantinos Imamidis said. Windows were shattering and people were screaming, a young man, who was not identified, told a television crew after surviving the crash. The cause of the deadliest rail crash in Greece in decades remains unclear but the PM said it was likely 'tragic human error', Crushed wagons are seen by the tracks after a train accident in the Valley of Tempi near Larisa, Students take part in a protest following a deadly train accident on February 28, 2023, near the city of Larissa, central Greece where 38 people died, outside the Hellenic Train headquarters, in Athens, on March 1, People light candles and lay flowers outside of the railway station of Larissa to pay tribute to the victims of a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023, This photograph taken on March 1, 2023, shows a slogan sprayed onto a glass window translating into 'Murderers-revolution now' as protesters escape tear gas during a demonstration following a deadly train accident on February 28, near the city of Larissa, central Greece. Four people were taken to Strong Hospital, and their Athens metro workers also called a 24-hour strike for Thursday, saying they face similar problems as railway employees. Rescuers operate next to debris of a train, after a crash near the city of Larissa, Greece, on March 1, 2023, At 4am UK time it was reported the death toll had risen to 29. Greek news media reported that the station manager had directed the freight train onto the same track as the passenger train, but the authorities declined to confirm or deny those reports. (Giannis Papanikos/AP), Train debris lies on the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Updated: Jun 3, 2022 / 09:04 PM EDT. The union representing train workers announced a 24-hour strike for Thursday, while protests by left-wing groups broke out in Athens late Wednesday. News WebNewsBreak provides latest and breaking Greece, NY local news, weather forecast, crime and safety reports, traffic updates, event notices, sports, entertainment, local life and other (Giannis Papanikos/AP), Smoke rises from trains as firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision near Larissa city, Greece, early Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Greece had already stood out in Europe for the lack of safety on its rail network. All the information on real-time traffic conditions for Greece with ViaMichelin. For the second time in three months, a Greece police chief wasinvolved in a crash. A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, has collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train. As night fell on Wednesday, the acrid smell of charred metal hung heavy in the cold night air as a huge red crane lifted a hulk of blackened, twisted metal from the wrecked train carriages. Karamanlis resigned Wednesday, saying he felt it was his "duty" to step down. In 2019, the European Data Journalism Network, a group of media organizations, reported that from 2010 to 2018, 137 people had died and 97 were seriously injured in railway accidents in Greece, with an average of more than 15 deaths and 11 serious injuries per year. (Vaggelis Kousioras/AP), Firefighters operate after a collision in Tempe near Larissa city, Greece early Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The impact just before midnight Tuesday threw some passengers into ceilings and out the windows. Government spokesman Yiannis Economou said the two trains were left running on the same track for 'several kilometres'. (George Kidonas/AP), People donate blood for the injured passengers of the train collision in Larissa, about 355 kilometers (222 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. In Athens, several hundred members of left-wing groups marched late Wednesday to protest the train deaths. A still from grainy CCTV footage shows the moment the colliding trains burst into flame, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023, Debris of trains lie on the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision in Tempe near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Greek transport minister Kostas Karamanlis reacts with horror at the scene of the train crash. A safety supervisor had resigned last year, warning that infrastructure upgrades pending since 2016 were incomplete and that train speeds of up to 200 kilometres (124 miles) an hour were unsafe. As Greece sought to process the tragedy, railway workers nationwide walked off the job on Thursday, saying successive governments had ignored repeated demands to improve safety standards. 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