Tempe: Strong Evidence of Transport of Flammable Substance – ‘Crime Scene Alteration’

The “large amount of flammable material in front of the 4th freight car” as the “best scenario for the explosion – ignition” on the fateful night of the collision of the two trains in Tempi concludes the study compiled by the lieutenant general, former deputy chief of the Fire Department and judge expert on the tragedy in Mati, Andrianos Gourbatsis.

The multi-page study which is expected to be handed over to the special appellate investigator Sotiris Bakaimis by the relatives of the victims of the tragedy is a catapult for the way the competent authorities acted, reinforcing fears of a cover-up operation of the crime “and this because the competent authorities allowed it to take place immediately, coordinated and with the (express or tacit) consent of the authorities (..) alteration (contamination) of the crime scene and the disappearance of critical evidence and even biological identification material of the victims”.

55 pages are the study of Andrianos Gourbatsis, Lieutenant-General – Deputy Chief of Staff, e.a., Legal and Judicial Expert

This is yet another expert report that justifies the fears, concerns and complaints of the relatives of the victims of the tragedy.

In the 55-page study “we took into account the objectively recorded data in the Reports of the Committee of Experts, the two experts initially appointed during the ex officio preliminary investigation stage by the Larissa Traffic Police, the Technical Advisors of the victims’ relatives, the Fire Service Autopsy and other documents of public authorities , such as the State General Chemistry, etc., as well as a large amount of video footage of domestic and foreign media, which has been posted online”.

As for the cause of the explosion that followed the collision of the two trains, the report rules out the scenario involving silicone oils and favors as the “most likely scenario” the “large amount of flammable material” possibly carried by the commercial train, “which points to hydrocarbons , such as xylene, toluene…”.

Regarding silicone oil, according to the study “it has a high flash point (>3000 C) and although it ignites under suitable conditions and conditions as a fuel, it is not flammable and therefore a volatile liquid”.

Catapult the study for the competent authorities

During the investigation of the specific accident, “severe actions and omissions were noticed right after the intervention and taking over of the investigation by the pre-investigation authorities” which according to the author of the study “have caused particularly significant difficulties in the search for the essential truth during the stage of the main investigation, assigned and carried out by an Appellant-Investigator”.

Specifically and indicatively:

“The scene of the crime was not excluded, protected, guarded and explored directly by the pre-investigative authorities who were in charge of the (police) preliminary investigation ex officio (Traffic of Larissa and Investigative Office of the Larissa DIPYN). The investigation at the scene of a fire, among other things, is vital and essential to enable the preliminary investigation officer to understand on the basis of scientific principles the ignition, growth, spread and general behavior of the fire.

The locally competent pre-investigative officers of the Fire Service who were assigned to investigate the causes and conditions of the fire did not at least ensure to protect and guard the scene of the fire and to carry out the autopsy provided for in Article 180 of the Civil Code, the duration of which, as it follows from the relevant and dated March 1, 2023 Simple Autopsy Report lasted only 2 hours, namely from 01:55 to 04:25 on 01-03-2023 and does not contain any useful information. Thus, the scene of the crime was released unacceptably prematurely and without the completion of the relevant investigation by the pre-investigative authorities without actually conducting an autopsy.

There was immediately and without the approval of the competent Prosecutor alteration / falsification / falsification of the scene of the crime (exhumation and transfer of evidence and other evidence to another place, without information and approval of the competent preliminary investigation and prosecution authorities, etc.).

The pre-investigative authorities did not, as they should have by law, immediately carried out the proper and appropriate investigative acts, such as seizing critical evidence and evidence, prohibiting the movement of evidence, taking critical samples of evidence and traces, resulting in the loss of useful and critical evidence, which will contribute to the investigation of the case and in general to the search for the essential truth.

Delay in taking samples by competent employees of the Chemical Service of the Thessaly Region (of course they are not responsible for the delay, but the authority that gave the relevant order), since the gases of volatile liquids are easily evaporated by objects that are placed on them and this was done in an inappropriate way and means (organs) (the reliability of taking samples is questioned by the Information Note of the Technical Consultants of the company GLAVOPOULOS CH. D. & SIA EE dated 30-10-2023)

Omissions during the autopsy and necropsy on the bodies of the victims and injured.

The invocation of operational or other justifying reasons for excavating (excavation and covering with inert materials and bitumen of the crime scene, are judged to be completely unfounded and obviously pretentious”.

The parent’s appeal against the prosecutor’s decision is accepted

At the same time, the judicial investigation of the Tempe train accident takes a new turn, after the decision of the Larissa Appeals Prosecutor to accept the appeal of Pavlos Aslanidis, the victim’s father, against the rejection decision of the First Instance Prosecutor.

Thus, it forwards the appeal to the Supreme Court which will then go to the Parliament, based on the law on the responsibility of ministers, in order to investigate any responsibilities of politicians.

The lawsuit was against Mr. of Climate Change Christos Triandopoulos, the then Minister of Health Thanos Pleuris and the then deputy. Health, Life Tailor and had been rejected as unfounded.

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