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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sravasti Dasgupta

‘Tragic human error’ blamed as Greece train crash and fireball kills at least 43

VASILIS VERVERIDIS/Eurokinissi/motionteam/AFP via Getty Images

Greece’s transport minister resigned on Wednesday after two trains slammed head-on into each other, killing at least 43 people in the country’s worst-ever rail crash.

The impact threw entire carriages off the track and temperatures in the wreckage reached 1,300C after it was engulfed in flames.

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