At least 57 people died in the crash, burned or crushed to death in the country’s worst-ever rail disaster. Read more at straitstimes.com.
relatives awaiting news of their missing loved ones are furious and in despair.
Since Tuesday, Kalliopi’s mother has been trying to find out where her daughter is, but neither the authorities in Thessaloniki nor the hospital in Larissa, near where the train derailed, have provided any news. Kalliopi’s mother and father have given DNA samples and are now waiting to find out if their daughter is alive.At least 57 people died in the crash, burned or crushed to death in the country’s worst-ever rail disaster. PHOTO: AFP
Her 49-year-old husband Lazaros said he’d only discovered there had been a crash by watching the late evening TV news.
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