Human error appears to be the latest link in a chain of errors and omissions that led to the fatal train crash late Tuesday in Moscow. Tempe. The main culprit has been arrested. 59-year-old head of the station Larisawhom they also listed as responsible three heads of OSE and Hellenic Train what they testified to.

A 59-year-old man was detained by police officers of the Larisinsky GAI, which is in charge of the preliminary investigation, and a criminal case was initiated against him for the crimes of negligent homicide and causing bodily harm through negligence.

He had already been brought to the Larisa police department since early morning and yesterday at 10.30. he was brought before the city attorney, Stamatis Daskalopoulos, and Greek police officers. give explanations.

According to the original version, the head of the station allegedly claimed during interrogation that during his shift he ordered him to change the tracks of the railway network so that two trains would not go along the same line (as it eventually happened), and not realizing that the system did not respond .

Movement book

He was appointed to this position only a few months ago after a short training, as he previously worked in other positions in the organization.

This version of events is supported by a photo from the stationmaster’s logbook released yesterday. It follows that the 59-year-old man instructed the fatal InterCity 62 train to continue its route to the entrance to New Resources, apparently not knowing that the freight train was moving along the same railway line, but in the opposite direction.

As a result, an InterCity 62 train traveling in the direction of Thessaloniki at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour and a commercial train traveling in the direction of Athens at a speed of 110 kilometers per hour collided head-on. At the same time, however, information from police sources it was reported that a 59-year-old man, before the official pre-investigation apology began, verbally admitted to the police that he had made a mistake, while judicial sources spoke of the 59-year-olds fully admitting the mistake.

Rails changes

In addition, a colleague of the detainee reportedly stated in a media interview that another train stopped before the fatal accident at Tempe Hill. And that in order to bring the stalled train to the nearest station, changes were made to the track, but without the head of the station on duty at the time of the accident, who took care of restoring the network to its previous state. However, it seems that the arrested man just a few months ago was appointed to the position of station master, overseeing short training programas in the past he worked in other positions of the organization.

Since yesterday, four teams of police officers from the Criminal Investigation Departments of Athens, Thessaloniki and Larissa, consisting of 20 police officers, have been at the scene of the tragedy, tasked with identifying the bodies recovered from the rubble.

Until yesterday, the police took away sample of genetic material from more than 30 relatives of the dead and missing, to compare it with the genetic material collected at the scene of the collision. The process is expected to be completed in the coming days, with Greek police and Citizens Protection Ministry officials expressing fears that the final death toll from the accident will exceed 50.