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: 

#UPDATE A train collision between the Greek cities of Athens and Thessaloniki has killed at least 26 people and injured 85, fire officials say.

"At least 26 people have been found dead so far," a fire services spokesman says, adding that rescue operations are still ongoing pic.twitter.com/N2m4A81T8A

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• 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. 

At least 26 people were killed and scores more were injured after two trains collided in Greece https://t.co/shpnvtq9Sx pic.twitter.com/BcTIooRAW9

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• 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.