Greece in mourning after dozens die in horror train collision

The impact just before midnight on Tuesday threw some passengers into ceilings and out of the windows
Greece in mourning after dozens die in horror train collision
Firefighters collect a body from the scene of the clash in Tempe, north of Athens (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Rescuers searched for survivors on Wednesday in the mangled, burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country’s deadliest rail crash.

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

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