Anger in Greece over poor safety grows as train crash toll rises to 57

Anger in Greece over poor railway safety grew on Thursday as the death toll from a train crash on Tuesday rose to 57, CNN reported. Demonstrators took to the streets after the head-on collision between a passenger train carrying over 350 people and a freight train on Tuesday evening in Tempi.

People gathered outside the central Athens headquarters of Greek rail company Hellenic Train again on Thursday evening in a protest organized by student and worker unions, as per the CNN report. Police personnel were already present outside the Hellenic Train headquarters before the demonstrators arrived at the site. The protest was peaceful after the unrest on Wednesday in which demonstrators clashed with police.