US EditionTrial Opens over Greek Train Crash that Killed 57, Many of Them Students
The trial targets 36 rail and transport officials over safety failures that led to the wrong-track collision killing 57, amid calls for justice and accountability.
- In Larissa, Greece, a criminal trial opened Monday over the Tempi train crash that killed 57 people, many of them students, with proceedings held in a converted campus.
- Investigators found the Tempi crash on February 28, 2023, was caused by a passenger train on the wrong track, worsened by signalling failures and delayed European Union safety upgrades.
- Most of the 36 defendants are rail and transport officials facing negligent manslaughter charges, while more than 350 witnesses including victims' relatives, survivors and train workers will testify.
- Outside the court, riot police formed a cordon as rail workers staged a 24-hour strike and relatives accused authorities of a cover-up.
- Amid ongoing prosecutions, the trial is expected to last two years alongside a parliament-sanctioned probe, with no politicians tried amid years-long investigation revealing state failings.
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More than three years ago 57 people died in the worst train accident in the history of Greece. The tragedy became a political one. The allegations: corruption and cover-up. Now the trial begins. By Moritz Pompl.
Associated Press News
Trial opens over Greek train crash that killed 57, many of them students
A criminal trial has opened in Greece over a train collision that killed 57 people, many of them students, in a disaster that horrified the country and revealed long-neglected safety failures.
After years of grief, trial opens over Greek rail disaster that killed college students
A criminal trial has opened in Greece over a train collision that killed 57 people, many of them students, in a disaster that horrified the country and revealed long-neglected safety failures.
Greek Train Tragedy Sparks Trial Amid Outrage
The trial over Greece's deadliest train crash begins, igniting protests focused on state failures. Forty-six accused, including rail officials, face charges from negligence to manslaughter. Demonstrations demand accountability. A European safety project is delayed, while the government denies cover-up allegations and promises railway reforms by 2027.
This Monday, March 23 begins the trial of the 2023 railway disaster in Tempe in central Greece. A frontal collision between a passenger train and a freight convoy had killed 57 people, mainly students. This is the worst such accident in Greece. Thirty-six people, including station managers and several officials of the railway company and the Ministry of Transport, will be tried for various offences, including the involuntary homicide. One of the…
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