April 28, 2024

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Tragedy in Paleo Faliro: son lost his mother and hopes his father will survive


An accident in Paleo Faliro, when a car on Poseidonos Avenue lost control and drove onto the sidewalk at high speed, took the life of a 50-year-old woman. Her husband is intubated with multiple injuries.

Their son says: “My mother died instantly, and my father is fighting for his life.” He says that his parents came from Zakynthos to Athens on business. Before the tragedy, they had lunch at a cafe on the beach and were returning to the hotel where they were staying, waiting on the sidewalk near the Edem tram stop for a green traffic light.

Witnesses to an accident describe the crazy course of the car, which knocked down poles and pedestrians, and crashed into a passing tram, the driver of which says: “I didn’t know what happened. He crashed into the tram at high speed and pushed it off the rails. I didn’t understand anything.”

Let us remind you that our publication told, as on Thursday at noon a tragedy occurred in Paleo Faliro: a woman died after a car drove onto the sidewalk and hit 2 pedestrians, and then crashed into a tram. Her husband suffered serious injuries and was transferred to the Nicaea General Government Hospital.

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