Greek stationmaster arrested after crash kills at least 36

Stationmaster held after 36 die as Greek trains collide at high speed

A stationmaster was arrested and charged with manslaughter yesterday after a head-on collision between two trains in Greece left at least 36 people dead and about 80 injured.

Greece Train Crash Search Moves 'Centimeter by Centimeter'

Emergency crews using cranes and heavy machinery are searching the wreckage of trains involved in a deadly collision that sent Greece into national mourning and has prompted strikes and protests over rail safety.

Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead

A police statement identified the suspect only as a 59-year-old man. Another two people have been detained for questioning.

Death toll keeps rising in Greece’s deadliest train crash

Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flames after the two trains ran into each other at high speed just before midnight Tuesday, near the town of Tempe in northern Greece.

Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead

A police statement identified the suspect only as a 59-year-old man. Another two people have been detained for questioning.

Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS (Associated Press) TEMPE, Greece (AP) — Rescuers searched Wednesday through the burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 36 people and crumpling several carriages into twisted steel knots. Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned, saying he felt it was his “duty” to step down “as a basic indication of respect for the memory of the people wh…