Greek government accused of covering up train tragedy

Tempi, Greece: Greek opposition parties on Wednesday accused the government of trying to cover up the nation s worst train accident after a four month...

Tempi, Greece: Greek opposition parties on Wednesday accused the government of trying to cover up the nation's worst train accident after a four-month parliament investigation cleared senior politicians.

Government lawmakers earlier in March approved their own separate verdict, blaming human error for the collision that killed 57 people in February 2023.

Sokratis Famellos, parliament speaker for the main opposition Syriza party, said there had been a "concerted, organised cover-up attempt" by the ruling conservative party.

The disaster occurred when a freight train and a passenger train with 350 aboard -- mostly students -- collided near a tunnel outside the central city of Larissa shortly before midnight.

At the time, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised that the tragedy would be "fully" investigated. He was absent from Wednesday's debate.