The incident

A tram struck a woman on foot at the junction of Akti Poseidonos and Akti Miaouli in Piraeus around midday on Friday, 16 October 2026. Reports put the time at shortly before 2 p.m. in one account and at 12:54 in a statement from the transport operator, so the exact time remains unclear. The woman was seriously injured and was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Response at the scene

EKAB paramedics reached the scene quickly, gave the woman first aid and transported her by ambulance to hospital. One report says the tram driver stopped the vehicle immediately and that eyewitnesses called the emergency number 166. Another account says a sense of panic spread at the scene.

Condition and reports

According to information reported by ERT, the woman was seriously injured in the collision and was reportedly being treated on a ventilator at the Tzaneio hospital. Other outlets say she was being treated on a ventilator in hospital, though the hospital is not named in every account. Initial reports did not give further details about her condition.

Investigation

The transport operator, STASY, said the woman had come into contact with a tram vehicle while attempting to cross the tracks. Traffic police are examining the circumstances of the incident, and the exact conditions under which it happened have not yet been established. At the time of the earliest report, authorities had not released information on the woman's health or on how the collision occurred.