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Live updates: Train crash in Greece – at least 36 killed in head-on collision

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The positioning of the crash is seen close to town of Larissa, Greece, on March 1. (Giannis Floulis/Reuters)

Passengers on the Greek practice that crashed right into a freight practice in northern Greece on Tuesday night time have described “nightmarish seconds” because the carriage overturned.

“We heard an enormous bang, (it was) 10 nightmarish seconds, we had been turning over within the wagon till we fell on our sides, and till the commotion stopped, then there was panic, cables (in all places) fireplace, the fireplace was speedy, as we had been turning over we had been being burned, fireplace was proper and left,” Stergios Minenis, 28, informed Reuters information company.

“There was panic, for 10, 15 seconds it was chaos, tumbling over, fires, cables hanging, damaged home windows, individuals screaming, individuals trapped, it was two metres excessive from the place we jumped to go away and beneath there have been damaged iron particles, however what may we do?”

One other passenger, pointing at Minenis, mentioned: “We got here down, a fireplace had erupted subsequent to us, this man right here he noticed a gap, so we managed to get out from the place we had been.”

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