Pictures show the devastation from fatal double train crash in Greece

A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece early on Wednesday, killing many people and injuring scores of others. Fire Service Officials said 32 people were killed and at least 85 were hurt after multiple train carriages derailed and at least three caught on fire after the crash just before midnight near Tempe, some 235 miles north of Athens.Rescue crews illuminated the scene with floodlights before dawn on Wednesday as they searched frantically through the twisted, smoking wreckage for survivors. Survivors said several passengers were thrown through the windows of the train carriages due to the impact.



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