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Reuters: 3 dead, 10 injured in Greek passenger train derailment

Published May 14, 2017 at 3:30 pm

A firefighter looks on next a train, following its crash due to a derailment on May 14, near the village of Adendro, some 40 km west of Thessaloniki, northern Greece. A Greek express train that slammed into a house after derailing near the northern city of Thessaloniki killed two people and seriously injured three others, the train's operator said May 14, lowering the initial toll of casualties.

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Three people died and 10 more were injured when a train derailed in northern Greece on Saturday night and ripped through a house, police said.

The train carrying 70 passengers and five crew was heading from Athens to the second-biggest city of Thessaloniki when it derailed in the town of Adendro, 37 km (23 miles) from Thessaloniki, railway company TRAINOSE said.