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Train Crash In Spain: At Least 56 Killed near Santiago de Compostela
- Published_at:2013-07-24
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:CanalNews24
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- description: WWW.SOFILIANEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM The number of people dead after a train derailed in one of Spain's worst rail disasters has risen to at least 56. Many more are said to be injured and Spanish media reported emergency services were attempting to rescue several people still trapped inside carriages. The crash happened as the train carrying 218 passengers plus crew pulled into Santiago de Compostela, a popular pilgrimage city in the northwestern region of Galicia. Several carriages rolled over, with one carriage torn open and flames and smoke seen rising from the scene. The head of the Galicia region, Alberto Nunez, said at least 35 people had been killed and that it was too soon to say what had caused the derailment. The derailment has been described as an accident, but it will stir memories of the 2004 Madrid train bombing, which killed nearly 200 people. El Pais reported many bodies seen covered in blankets. One passenger, Ricardo Montesco, told Cadena Ser radio station: "It was going so quickly ... It seems that on a curve the train started to twist and the wagons piled up one on top of the other. "A lot of people were squashed on the bottom. "We tried to squeeze out of the bottom of the wagons to get out and we realised the train was burning ... I was in the second wagon and there was fire ... I saw corpses." A witness told the station they heard an explosion before seeing the derailed train. Another witness told the Radio Galega station: "There are many people dead here, my God." Spanish state television said eight carriages had derailed and the train was travelling from Madrid to the port city of Ferrol. It happened at about 8.40pm local time - 7.40pm UK time - on a bend a short distance from a scheduled stop in the city. The crash happened the day before the city's main festival paying tribute to the St James, one of Jesus' 12 disciples. His shrine is the destination of the El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, which has been followed by Christians since the Middle Ages.
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