Death toll from Greece’s deadliest train crash rises to 43

Rail operator Hellenic Train reported about 350 people had been on the passenger train [Vaggelis Kousioras/AP Photo]

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has blamed human error for a collision between two trains that killed at least 43 people, in the country’s worst rail tragedy that triggered the resignation of the transport minister.

The crash took place outside the central city of Larissa late on Tuesday, when a passenger train heading from the capital, Athens, to Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train travelling from the northern city.