April 30, 2024

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Train crash victim files criminal complaint against politicians


A woman injured in a deadly train collision at Tempi filed a criminal complaint with the Athenian prosecutor’s office on Friday, demanding a full investigation into the accident.

The complaint, filed through trial lawyers, calls for an investigation into the criminal liability of each responsible person in the Hellenic Railways Organization (ose) and related companies, and every politician who ran OSE. According to a complaint circulated in the media, the plaintiff is a 19-year-old girl.

The criminal case is expected to be submitted to the Greek parliament, which must decide whether any politicians are criminally liable, and if so, how.

Recall that on February 28, 2023, the largest in the modern history of Greece took place near the Tempi station. train accidentwhich killed 57 people.

Due to the unskilled actions of the head of the Larisa station, 2 trains were sent towards each other, the Athens-Thessaloniki intercity express IC62 and a train with a load, which, according to the railway management, consisted of beer and sheet metal. However, both the railroad workers themselves and the firefighters doubt that beer and sheet metal could lead to such powerful explosionwhich became the reason that claimed so many lives of passengers.



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