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'Tragic Human Error': Rescuers Comb Wreckage of Greece's Deadliest Train Crash

Headline from NBC Chicago, on the newest of 2 developments

The impact just before midnight Tuesday threw some passengers into ceilings and out the windows

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  1. Fiery Greece train collision kills 29, injures at least 85

    Headline from Fox10 Phoenix ·

  2. Newest

    'Tragic Human Error': Rescuers Comb Wreckage of Greece's Deadliest Train Crash

    Headline from NBC Chicago ·

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  1. Fox10 Phoenix

    Fiery Greece train collision kills 29, injures at least 85 (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    A passenger train in Greece carrying hundreds of people collided with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in the country’s north killing 29 and injuring at least 85, officials said.

  2. Portland Press Herald

    Death toll keeps rising in Greece’s deadliest train crash (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Many of the passengers were students returning to Thessaloniki from Carnival, but officials said that no detailed passenger list was available.

  3. 10TV Columbus

    Fiery train crash in Greece kills 26, hurts at least 85 (opens 10TV Columbus)

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    10TV Columbus's feed description

    Multiple train cars derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash.

  4. East Idaho News

    Greece's worst-ever rail crash kills dozens, crushes cars (opens East Idaho News)

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    East Idaho News's feed description

    TEMPE, Greece (AP) — Rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday in the mangled, burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 38 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country’s worst-ever rail crash.

  5. Triblive

    Fiery Greece train collision kills 26, injures at least 85 (opens Triblive)

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    TEMPE, Greece — A passenger train and an oncoming freight train collided in a fiery wreck in northern Greece early Wednesday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 85, Fire Service officials said. Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flame after the collision near Tempe, some 380

  6. Local News 8

    At least 36 dead, scores injured as trains collide in Greece (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Chris Liakos, Elinda Labropoulou, Heather Chen, Eleni Giokos, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jennifer Hauser and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Rescue workers are in a desperate search for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in central Greece killed dozens of people and injured scores.

  7. NPR

    At least 36 are dead in Greece after two trains collided. Here's what we know (opens NPR)

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    A passenger train and a freight train were traveling down the same track when they crashed head-on, sending the first two passenger carriages flying into the air, twisting backwards and catching fire.

  8. WFMZ Allentown

    Head-on train crash in Greece kills 36, injures at least 85 (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, has collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train. The fiery wreck in northern

  9. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at least 85 (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Rescuers wearing head lamps worked in thick smoke, pulling pieces of mangled sheet metal from the crashed rail cars to search for trapped people.

  10. KREM Spokane

    Fiery Greece train collision kills 36, death toll expected to rise (opens KREM Spokane)

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    KREM Spokane's feed description

    Multiple train cars derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash.

  11. New York Times

    Train Crash in Greece Kills at Least 36 (opens New York Times)

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    A train with 350 passengers aboard collided with a freight train. Two of the carriages “basically don’t exist anymore,” a regional governor said.

  12. Digital Journal

    Train accident in Greece kills at least 26 (opens Digital Journal)

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    At least 26 people were killed and another 85 injured after a collision between two trains caused a derailment near the Greek city of Larissa late Tuesday

  13. Fox News

    Fiery train crash in Greece leaves 36 dead, at least 85 injured (opens Fox News)

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    A train collision in Greece on Tuesday left 36 people dead and at least another 85 injured. A passenger train collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train.

  14. France 24

    Dozens killed, scores injured after two trains collide in Greece (opens France 24)

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    A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece,…

  15. New York Times

    Train Crash Kills at Least 32 in Greece (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    A train with about 350 passengers aboard collided with an oncoming freight train, officials said. At least 25 people were hospitalized with serious injuries.

  16. Local News 8

    At least 32 dead, 85 injured as trains collide in Greece (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Chris Liakos, Heather Chen, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Rescue workers are in a desperate search for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in central Greece killed dozens of people and injured scores.

  17. KVIA El Paso

    At least 29 dead, 85 injured as trains collide in Greece (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    Originally Published: 28 FEB 23 20:34 ETUpdated: 28 FEB 23 22:18 ETBy Heather Chen, Chris Liakos, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) -- Rescue workers are in a desperate search for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in northern Greece killed dozens of people and inju…

  18. Deutsche Welle

    Trains collide in Greece leaving dozens dead – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    At least 26 people have been killed in central Greece after two trains collided, with dozens more injured, according to the fire brigade.

  19. Digital Journal

    At least 32 dead, dozens injured after two trains collide in Greece (opens Digital Journal)

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    At least 32 people were killed and another 85 injured after two trains collided near the Greek city of Larissa, authorities said, as emergency services

  20. France 24

    Head-on train crash kills dozens in Greece (opens France 24)

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    At least 36 people were killed and another 66 injured after two trains collided head-on near the Greek city of Larissa, authorities said, as emergency services raced Wednesday to find survivors among…

  21. Deutsche Welle

    Greece train crash: Rescuers search wreckage for survivors – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Greek rescuers have picked their way through the wreckage for survivors after a passenger train collision that killed dozens. Local media described the incident as the country's deadliest train accident.

  22. NPR

    Fiery Greece train collision kills more than 2 dozen, injures more than 80 (opens NPR)

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    A passenger train in Greece carrying hundreds of people collided with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in the country's north early Wednesday, leaving dozens dead and more than 80 injured.

  23. Deutsche Welle

    Greece train crash leaves dozens dead – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    At least 32 people have been killed in central Greece after two trains collided, with dozens more injured, according to the fire brigade.

  24. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Head-on train crash in Greece kills 36, injures at least 85 | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Head-on train crash in Greece kills 36, injures at least 85

  25. WFMZ Allentown

    Fiery train crash in Greece kills 16, hurts at least 85 (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Fire officials say 16 people were killed and at least 85 injured when a passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece early Wednesday. Multiple train cars

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