To them 36 have arrived confirmed dead according to latest update on train accident in Tempe by the Spokesman of the Fire Department, Fire Chief Vasilios Vathrakogiannis and the Spokesman of the Hellenic Police, Police Officer II Constantias Demoglidou, from the National Coordination Center for Operations and Crisis Management in Marousi.

It is estimated that the number of victims will rise. They are also being treated 72 wounded of which the 6 are in Intensive Care Units.

As the representative of the Fire Department emphasized, due to the severity of the collision, the restaurant car was found on top of two other cars. In addition, in the specific wagon, as mentioned, a fire broke out from the collision, which raised the temperature up to 1,300 degrees Celsiuswhich means that it is difficult to identify the bodies that were inside it.

Firefighters are working on the second wagon and with salvage tools its pieces are removed piece by piece. When the search operation in this one is completed, the firefighters will continue the search in the third wagon as well.

The representative of EL.AS stated that the process of identifying and identifying the victims continues with the process of obtaining DNA and that a 59-year-old citizen has been arrested as part of the preliminary investigation that is being conducted under the supervision of the competent prosecutor.

It is about the station master of Larissa who He is charged with manslaughter and dangerous interference with traffic. THE station masteraged 59, according to the Police, is characterized as the culprit of the accident and is accused, among others, of manslaughter under article 302 of the Criminal Code), bodily harm by negligence (314 PC) and dangerous interference with the transport of vehicles (291 PC) .

At the same time, Ms. Dimoglidou reminded that a team of psychologists has been set up by the Psychosocial Support Hotline 10 306 and calls the relatives and families of the injured and victims in order to provide them with psychological support and guidance.

For the beds in the hotels, the relatives can call the telephone numbers of the Larissa Police Department 2410683175 and 76 which are already in operation to provide information about the passengers who were safely transported to Thessaloniki as well as for those who have been transferred to the hospitals.

Two other employees have also given testimony without trial

In the context of the case filed by ELAS, two other employees at the Larissa Traffic Authority have also given statements without trial.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Citizen Protection Takis Theodorikakos is already in Larissa, starting the meetings he will have as part of the investigation, from the region of Thessaly.

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What the arrested station master of Larissa claimed in the deposition

According to information from SKAI, the arrested stationmaster of Larissain his hours-long testimony, said he ordered a change in trajectory but the system did not obey.

As the Sky reporter reported, Theodosis Panoseverything will become clear when the recorded conversations in the crucial minutes before the moment of the collision reach the hands of the authorities investigating the tragedy.

Earlier the stationmaster had been arrested, with the main responsibilities placed on him for the tragic train accident in Tempe.

The locksmith was summoned for an explanation and gave a statement without trial to the Larissa Traffic Department, which conducts the preliminary investigation and gathers the voluminous case file for this unprecedented railway accident.

Survivors’ statements, however, and expert testimony will shed more light on the exact causes of the crash.

What is mainly being investigated is whether it is human error or a series of technical omissions and errors that led to the fatal accident, as well as why the station master gave the particular track to the passenger train.