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Devastation from deadly Greece train crash captured in aerial footage

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Devastation from deadly Greece train crash captured in aerial footage

Aerial footage shows the devastation in Larissa, Greece, after a passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on on Tuesday night (28 February).

At least 36 people have died and dozens have been injured in the country’s deadliest rail crash in living memory.

Drone video shows entire carriages thown off the tracks.

Officials have said that the death toll is expected to rise further.

“We will find out the causes of this tragedy and do anything in our power for it never to happen again,” Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.

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