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A high-school student was rushed to hospital in Imathia, northern Greece, on Thursday morning after being hit by a train at an unguarded crossing. According to state broadcaster ERT, the teenager’s injuries were not life-threatening.
The incident happened in the city of Alexandreia shortly after 8 a.m. as the boy was heading to school, crossing the tracks of the Thessaloniki-Edessa train as he did every morning.
On Thursday, however, he did not see that the train was pulling out of the station and received a glancing blow as he stepped onto the level crossing, which, according to ERT, does not have any protective barriers or signals.
This is the latest in a string of incidents pointing to the poor state of Greece’s railway system.