Greece train collision kills 26 people, survivors say crash felt like earthquake

Devastating pictures and videos are coming from Greece where two trains, a passenger train and a cargo train, collided head-on. At least 29 people have been killed and the casualties are expected to rise, while 85 people have been injured so far. 

• He said that the first four carriages had derailed while the first two are "almost completely destroyed". 

What happened: 

• A passenger train carrying over 350 people (IC 62) collided head-on with a freight train shortly before midnight on Tuesday, February 28. 
• The accident took place in central Greece, near the city of Larissa. 

• The passenger train was travelling from Athens, the Greek capital city, to Thessaloniki and the freight train was travelling from Thessaloniki to Larissa. 

• Some 150 firefighters with 17 vehicles and 40 ambulances are engaged in rescue operations. Rescue personnel with torches are searching through carriages to find survivors. 

• Some surviving passengers described that the collision felt like an earthquake. 
• It is not yet known why the trains collided. 

In 2017, a train in Greece, travelling from Athens ploughed through a house near the city of Thessaloniki after being derailed, killing three people.