Larissa station master jailed pending trial
[AP]
The Larissa station master whose decision to place a southbound freight train and a northbound passenger train on the same track led to Greece’s deadliest train disaster last Tuesday will be remanded pending trial.
The 59-year-old finished his deposition before an examining magistrate and a prosecutor Sunday night.
He is being charged with endangering transport safety and multiple counts of negligent homicide and bodily harm. The transport safety charge, a felony, potentially carries a life sentence.
At least 57 people died in the collision near Tempe, a valley separating central from northern Greece.
