Greek train crash station master 'devastated', takes some blame

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The station master of Greece's Larissa city, who was charged over the country's worst train crash, assumes some responsibility for the disaster but other factors were also at play, according to his lawyer Stefanos Pantzartzidis

"He is literally devastated," Pantzartzidis told reporters. "Since the first moment, he has assumed responsibility proportionate to him ... he is not in a position to say anything else."

A retired train driver instructor, Nikos Tsouridis, told state TV earlier on Thursday that the station master was trained but inexperienced. "The railroad only works today because of the drivers, because they are well trained, and staff," he said. Pantsartzidis did not say how long his client had been in the job in Larissa, one of the largest cities in Greece.A recording of the communication between the train driver and the station master which was published on Proto Thema website suggested the latter told the driver to continue past a red signal."It is listening...

 

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Wow, was he drunk or sleeping? How can there not be a backup system over riding this horrific system, multiple people should have access to see what was happening!

the government is the only one to blame, stop gaslightning

There are absolutely no automatic train coordination/safety mechanisms functioning in Greek railway.railway employees were coordinating the trains over cell phones and radios.this is a huge scandal for Greek authorities as well as for the EU authorities

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