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ATHENS, March 1 – It took a bang, and just seconds to turn a long holiday weekend into a nightmare for hundreds of Greeks caught up in a deadly train collision on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday’s crash 220 miles north of Athens killed at least 36 people when a high-speed passenger train heading to the northern city of Thessaloniki careered into a freight train from the opposite direction, flying off the track and bursting into flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Witnesses said they felt a strong shudder, then a bang, then chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First responders said people were flung out of the front carriages on impact, with victims found up to 40 metres away from the wreckage, and others trapped in blazing carriages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many of the victims were thought to be university students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Windows were being smashed and people were screaming,” said a passenger on the fifth carriage. “One of the windows caved in from the impact of iron from the other train,” the passenger told Skai TV as he took shelter under a nearby bridge, his face illuminated from the fire raging in the background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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