According to the latest official information from the fire service, the number of confirmed deaths in a railway accident in Tempe and while investigations are ongoing.

Seven charred bodies have been removed from the dining car, which was crushed by the first car in second place, since morning, fire brigade spokesman Vassilis Vatrakoyannis said.

However, it is worth noting that the fire service’s information on the death toll is confusing. Earlier in the message “K” with the press service of the Corps, 47 confirmed victims were reported.

Fire department spokesman Yiannis Artopios told ERT this morning that the operation to remove people from the dining car of the Athens-Thessaloniki train is being carried out under difficult conditions.

body identification

Expected to start today at noon body identification train victims in Tempe who were recovered by the police in cooperation with the forensic service through the DNA process.

At the end of the process, the bodies will be handed over to their relatives, according to APE-MPE.

Condition of the wounded

The condition of the victims of the train accident in Tempi, who are being treated at two hospitals in Larisa, seems to be manageable. In addition to patients who are hospitalized in intensive care and are in critical condition, nothing threatens the rest.

Kostas Bargiotas, director of the orthopedic clinic of the Larisa General Hospital, explained to APE-MBE that operations were performed yesterday and first aid was provided to all the victims.

“All of the injuries we found were the result of train collisions and vary in severity. The conclusion is that in the hospital we did not have many cases of serious accidents where their lives were in danger, which means that the focus now is on the many who died at the scene of the accident,” said Mr. Bargiotas.

At the same time, it is expected that most of the victims of the tragic accident in Tempi, who are being treated in the hospitals of Thessaloniki, will be discharged from the hospitals where they are being treated today.

The head of the station made serious accusations against the prosecutor

Faced with serious allegations, the head of the Larisa station will face the prosecutor today.

Prosecution against him for his felonies would be for serial negligent manslaughter and bodily harm with the same criminal qualifications, with the transport security charge against him being the most felonious (felony) he is bringing under a recent amendment Criminal Code (Article 291) sentences from ten years to life imprisonment.