Next to a hospital in Larissa, Panos and Mirela Routsi well up with tears as they beg for news of their 22-year old son Denis, who had travelled to Athens to see friends and was returning home in the train that never reached its destination.
"I have given DNA, I don't have any news at the moment. I am appealing to those that were saved in that wagon if someone recognised him, if they can contact me ... if he was in his seat, if he had gotten up, if he moved," she said.
Railway workers extended their strike to a second day on Friday, and more rallies were planned, as many demandedAfter evening protests over the past two days, some 2,000 students took to the streets in Athens on Friday, blocking the road in front of parliament for a moment of silence. Students also demonstrated in Larissa, the central city near the crash.A placard read: "It was not an accident, it was murder.
Carriages were thrown off the tracks, crushed and engulfed in flames when the two trains collided on the same track. There were more than 350 people on board the passenger train.and has admitted to some responsibility, his lawyer said, while stressing he was not the only one to blame.
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