'The collision was very strong,' said the governor of the Thessaly region, adding the first four carriages of the passenger train had derailed and the first two were 'almost completely destroyed'.
An intercity passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa in central Greece, said the governor of the Thessaly region.
The first two carriages, which caught fire after the collision, were"almost completely destroyed," said Mr Agorastos. "There was panic in the carriage, people were screaming," a young man who was evacuated to a nearby bridge told Skai TV.Broadcaster Skai showed footage of derailed carriages, badly damaged with broken windows and thick plumes of smoke, as well as debris strewn across the road. Rescue workers were seen carrying torches in carriages looking for trapped passengers.
In the early hours of Wednesday, footage from state broadcaster ERT showed rescue workers with headlights searching the surrounding fields for survivors.
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