Man dies after car crashes down metro station underpass
A man has died after the car he was driving at high speed hit a curb, left the road, crashed down the steps to an underpass to a metro station in Athens and overturned.
The crash occurred at dawn at Iraklio station in northern Athens.
The man was rushed to hospital by ambulance but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The fire service said six firemen were involved in extracting the driver from the vehicle.