The Larissa station, in Greece, was searched this morning by the police as part of the investigation into the causes of the collision between two trains that killed at least 57 people on Tuesday, the police spokesman said.
“It is part of the investigation. The police have seized (…) all the documents that can help in the investigation,” said the spokesman for the accident on Tuesday, which is attributed to a mistake by the station manager Larissa, the nearest city to the place of the accident.
A judicial source also explained to Agence France Presse (AFP) that the purpose of the investigation is to “initiate criminal proceedings, where appropriate, against members of the administration” of the Hellenic Train company, the Greek railway company, owned by the public company Italian Ferrovie Dello. Italian state (FS).
He also confirmed that “audio files, documents and other evidence that can help clarify the case and assign criminal responsibilities” were seized.
The Government made this Thursday its ‘mea culpa’ about the “chronic” failures of the railway network that caused the tragedy, one of the most serious to date in Greece.
Justice wants to understand how a train carrying 342 passengers and 10 railway workers could be authorized to follow the same single track as a freight train, colliding head-on.
In fact, the trains traveled several kilometers along the same track, which connects Athens with Thessaloniki (north), the two largest Greek cities, before colliding head-on on Tuesday, shortly before midnight.
The authorities admit that the number of deaths could increase.
The accident on Tuesday also caused more than a hundred injuries, 48 of whom are still hospitalized, the majority in the city of Larissa, in the center of the country.
Greek Transport Minister Costas Karamanlis resigned after the accident and his replacement took it upon himself to open an independent investigation into the causes.
Source: TSF
