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Head-on train collision in northern Greece kills dozens and leaves more injured

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Dozens of people have been killed after two trains collided in northern Greece. Scores more were injured when a passenger train hit an oncoming freight train early on Wednesday.

At least 26 people have died and 85 were injured, according to fire service officials, after multiple train cars derailed and at least three caught on fire following the crash near Tempe, some 235 miles north of Athens.

Hospital officials in the nearby city of Larissa said at least 25 people had serious injuries. Rail operator Hellenic Train said the passenger train from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki had about 350 passengers on board when the collision occurred.

Fire Service spokesman Vassilis Varthakoyiannis said the evacuation process has begun and is being carried out "under very difficult conditions" because of the severity of the collision. READ MORE: Pictures from huge search for lost baby after aristocrat and boyfriend arrested Rescuers wearing head lamps worked in thick smoke, pulling pieces of mangled sheet metal from the crashed rail cars to search for trapped people.

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