Greeks Protest Over Deadly Train Crash, Station Master Jailed Pending Trial

Greeks Protest Over Deadly Train Crash, Station Master Jailed Pending Trial
A riot police officer walks next to flames as clashes take place during a demonstration following the collision of two trains, near the city of Larissa, in Athens, Greece, on March 5, 2023. Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
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ATHENS—A Greek railway employee was jailed on Sunday pending trial over a deadly train crash that killed at least 57 people, as Greeks seethed with anger over the worst rail disaster in living memory.

Protests continued to reverberate days after a head-on collision of a passenger train and a freight carrier on the Athens-Thessaloniki route late in the evening of Feb. 28.