Tempe victims’ parents testify and sign memorandum

[InTime News]

Dozens of relatives of the victims of the Tempe train clang person submitted a supplementary memorandum to the Larissa Court of Appeals, including a petition to exhume the assemblage of Denis Ruci for further histological examinations. Ruci’s father, Panos, who has been connected a hunger strike for ten days, supports the move.

The memorandum besides calls for charges against two Hellenic Train executives to beryllium upgraded from manslaughter by negligence to “murder with imaginable intent,” accusing them of compromising transportation safety. Currently, 35 of the 36 defendants look manslaughter charges, while 33 are besides charged with disrupting transportation information to the level of a felony.

Meanwhile, Maria and Christos Vlachos, parents of different victim, Vaios Vlachos, testified astir alleged tampering astatine the clang site. They accused erstwhile Deputy Minister Christos Triantopoulos of coordinating amerciable actions and pressuring effect teams successful the captious hours aft the accident. They besides said the premier minister’s beingness delayed betterment efforts by 5 hours, perchance affecting grounds collection.

The probe continues, with further witness testimonies expected earlier the lawsuit moves to the Special Court’s judicial council.