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Four killed in train accidents in northern Greece
Jul 14, 2009, 10:20 GMT
Athens - Four people were killed on Tuesday in two separate train collisions within an hour in northern Greece, reports said.
Three people were killed in a collision between a train and a small truck outside of the north-eastern town of Komotini. The truck driver had violated a train crossing, causing the train to derail.
Less than an hour later, a car violated another crossing along the Thessaloniki-Veria old national highway and collided with an oncoming train. The car driver was killed.
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