Trial opens over Greek train crash that killed 57, many of them students
LARISSA, Greece (AP) — A criminal trial opened in Greece Monday over a train collision that killed 57 people, many of them students, in a disaster that horrified the country and revealed long-neglected safety failures.
The February 2023 crash triggered a fireball on impact and left passengers trapped in mangled rail cars.
Most of the 36 defendants — all rail and transport officials — face serious charges linked to endangering public transport.
The crash occurred at Tempe in northern Greece after a passenger train was placed on the wrong track, into the path of an oncoming freight train — an astonishing lapse on a rudimentary rail network.
Investigators say the error was compounded by non-functioning signal systems along with failures in staffing, oversight and maintenance during years of delays in safety upgrades.
A converted campus is being used to house the trial to accommodate the scale of the proceedings that involve hundreds of witnesses. Очаква с...
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