The train crash “Athens-Thessaloniki” four people were killed and five others injured, said the Greek railway company TrainOSE.
The incident occurred on Saturday evening, may 13, near the town of Adentro. The train, bound from Athens to the second largest city of Thessaloniki, derailed, the locomotive crashed into a house. The train was about 100 passengers. As noted in the press release, the causes of the incident are still not established.
According to preliminary information from local authorities, which was received at the Embassy, Russians among victims are not present.
In place of the departed Minister of infrastructure, transport and communications of the country Christ Spirtis. According to the company, other trains running on the route “Athens-Thessaloniki”, continue work in a usual mode.