Train Crash in Greece Kills Dozens, Cause Likely Human Error
- At least 38 people died and 72 more were injured in collision
- Prime minister says ‘everything shows’ human error to blame
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At least 38 people were killed and 72 more were injured in a train crash in northeast Greece late Tuesday night, a tragedy that prompted the country’s top transportation official to step down.
The crash, the country’s worst in decades, took place in the Tempe valley after a passenger train traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train, igniting a fire. Temperatures in the burning train car reached 2,372 degrees Fahrenheit.