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Two trains collide south of the Vale of Tempe in Greece, leading to the deaths of at least 57 people and leaving 58 missing and 85 injured.
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Tempi train crash
2023 train collision in Greece
On 28 February 2023, a head-on collision occurred between two trains south of the Tempe Valley in Greece, about halfway between the Greek villages of Tempi and Evangelismos in the Thessaly region. The collision, follow-up derailment and fireball that ensued involving the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vale of Tempe
Gorge in northern Thessaly, Greece
The Vale of Tempe or Tembi is a gorge in the Tempi municipality of northern Thessaly, Greece, located between Olympus to the north and Ossa to the south, and between the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia. The gorge was known to the Byzantines as Λυκόστομο and was called simply…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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