At least 32 people have died and 85 have been injured after two trains have collided head-on near the Greek town of Tempe, in the center of the country.

Around midnight, a commercial train and a passenger train have collided, causing the death of 32 people and injuring at least 85 passengersof which 25 are in serious condition, as reported by the Greek Fire Department and has been collected by the ERT chain.

According to preliminary reports, the passenger train –in which 350 people were on board and which made the route Thessaloniki (north) to Larissa (center)– had strayed into a wrong lane, where the commercial train was running. The collision has caused the derailment of three of the passenger train carriages.

“Wagon one and two do not exist. Due to the seriousness of the collision, they were ejected,” the regional governor of Thessaly, Kostas Agorastos, told ERT, detailing that among the injured were people with burns and mutilations.

For his part, the mayor of Tempo, Giorgos Manoli, has assured that in the first three wagons they have developed temperatures from 1,200 to 1,500 degrees Celsius.

forty ambulances They have rushed to the scene of the incident attending to the multiple wounded, who have been transferred to the University Hospital of the city of Larisa and the Hospital of the city of Katerinis. Currently, more than 50 people remain admitted.

Meanwhile, the head of the Larisa train station, who was in charge at the time of the accident; the representative of the Hellenic Train company, as well as another official have been taken to the Larisa Police Department, according to the aforementioned media.

In addition to firefighters, the Police and the Army They have been mobilized to help with the rescue efforts.activating an alert protocol as provided in the event of such accidents, according to the aforementioned chain.