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Added on the 02/03/2023 12:09:49 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
More than 30,000 demonstrators take the streets in Greece demanding justice for the 57 victims of the country's most deadly train crash a year ago. Protesters blame the collision on official failings and an unsafe rail system. A definitive account of what happened on February 28, 2023 and who may be at fault has not been delivered, with investigators in an official enquiry not due to finish questioning until March 8. IMAGES
President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, expresses her "sincerest condolences" to the people of Greece after a head-on train crash left at least 36 dead and another 66 injured. SOUNDBITE
One of the passengers who was aboard a train that derailed in O Porrino in north-western Spain, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, described the ordeal from the near the scene of the crash, Friday. Some 60 people were onboard the train, travelling on the Vigo-Oporto route, when it derailed close to the town's station. The train crashed into a part of bridge, forcing the first of the three carriages completely off the rail tracks.
More than 30,000 demonstrators take the streets in Greece demanding justice for the 57 victims of the country's most deadly train crash a year ago. Protesters blame the collision on official failings and an unsafe rail system. A definitive account of what happened on February 28, 2023 and who may be at fault has not been delivered, with investigators in an official enquiry not due to finish questioning until March 8. IMAGES
A rescue helicopter transports people injured in a vehicle crash that killed five Argentine tourists and a local driver in Mexico's Riviera Maya tourist area in southeastern Quintana Roo state. The head-on collision occurred in the early afternoon of February 18 between Tulum and Puerto Aventuras along a popular stretch of coastline on the Yucatan Peninsula. IMAGES