Greek court moves closer to trial in 2023 Tempe rail disaster

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Authorities successful Greece are moving person to mounting a trial day successful the 2023 Tempe obstruction catastrophe case, aft the appeals tribunal president approved a prosecutor’s proposal to notation 36 defendants to trial, section media reported Monday.

The defendants see officials from the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE), ERGOSE, the subsidiary managing OSE’s concern projects, Hellenic Train (a subsidiary of Italy’s state-owned Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) group), the Regulatory Authority for Railways (RAS), and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, according to Larissanet.gr.

Remaining steps successful the lawsuit see drafting the indictment, translating it into Italian for Hellenic Train defendants, and formally scheduling the trial, which is expected to take spot astatine the University of Thessaly league halfway successful Larissa, the study said.

Fifty-seven radical were killed and dozens injured when a freight train and a rider train carrying students collided successful February 2023 extracurricular Tempe Valley.