Tempe: Train driver’s family sent legal notice to parliamentary panel over medical records

The family of the train driver who lost his life in the fatal train accident in Tempe, central Greece, last February sent a legal notice to the parliamentary investigative committee tasked with probing the tragedy on Wednesday.  

The family accused Lazaros Tsavdaridis, a New Democracy party representative, of "attempting to shift blame onto the deceased driver by using medical documents, creating impressions of medical issues that supposedly rendered him unfit for work."

The head-on collision occurred late night on 28 February 2023 when a northbound passenger train was mistakenly routed into the southbound track used by an oncoming cargo train. Fifty-seven passengers died, including both train drivers.

The family cited the train driver's medical records which were presented at the Investigative Committee by the Conservative lawmaker to argue that the deceased...