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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-04-16
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[01] Truck-train collision; fatalities reported
[01] Truck-train collision; fatalities reported
A truck collided with a passenger train heading from Thessaloniki to
Alexandropouli, extreme northeastern Greece, on Sunday evening two
kilometres west of a station in the northern town of Drama, with
unconfirmed reports citing four deaths.
According to initial reports, the driver and lone passenger in the
truck were among the fatalities, while roughly 35 people aboard the
three-carriage train were injured. The truck, loaded with potatoes,
slammed into the side the middle train carriages, causing a
derailment.
Caption: Emergency rescue crews on the scene of a train derailment in
northern Greece on Sunday, April 16, 2006. ANA-MPA photo / P.
Sidiropoulos.
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