A head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Greece flattened carriages, killed at least 36 people and injured some 85.
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It's unclear at what speed the two trains were travelling when they ran into each other just before midnight Tuesday, but state broadcaster ERT quoted rescuers as saying that some victims' bodies were found 100-130 feet from the impact site. Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flames in the crash near the town of Tempe, about 235 miles north of Athens.
On Wednesday, the government declared three days of national mourning, while flags flew at half-staff outside all European Commission buildings in Brussels. Costas Agorastos, the regional governor of the Thessaly area, told Greece's Skai Television that the two trains collided head on at high speed.The trains crashed just before the Vale of Tempe, a gorge that separates the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia.
"The evacuation process is ongoing and is being carried out under very difficult conditions due to the severity of the collision between the two trains," said fire service spokesman Vassilis Varthakoyiannis.
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