A Greek railway inspector was detained on Friday over last month’s train crash that killed 57 people, a court official said.
This is the station master identified as Dimitris Nikolaou, who was charged with “disrupting road safety” that killed several people, the same source said.
Nikolaou was on duty at the time of the accident, on February 28, when a passenger train and a freight train collided head-on near the town of Larissa.
The stationmaster on duty was also charged and arrested and faces life in prison on charges of endangering public transport and manslaughter.
Two other railway workers were released on bail earlier this week after testifying.
Rail unions had long warned that after a decade of cost-cutting, the rail network was understaffed and prone to accidents.
Earlier this month, the company responsible for Greece’s railways said it had found serious security vulnerabilities across the network, including inadequate basic training for critical personnel.
The tragedy is expected to weigh on national elections scheduled for May 21, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis seeking re-election on promises of improved security.
Source: DN
