Thursday, July 25, 2013

Train derails in northern Spain 77 people killed


A picture taken on July 24, 2013 shows derailed cars on the site of a train accident near the city of Santiago de Compostela. (AFP Photo / Miguel Riopa)
A picture taken on July 24, 2013 shows derailed cars on the site of a train accident near the city of Santiago de Compostela. 

High speed train badly derailed took toll of 77 people killed and around 143 injured, a train derailed outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in northwestern Spain on Wednesday evening. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is due to visit the scene of the accident. A message , "In the face of a tragedy such as just happened in Santiago de Compostela on the eve of its big day, I can only express my deepest sympathy as a Spaniard and a Galician," Rajoy said.
Rescue workers have found 73 bodies from the wreckage of the train while four other victims died in hospital, a spokesman for the Galicia regional high court told media, adding that the numbers were still provisional.Efe reported that the driver of the train had admitted to speeding when he hit the bend in the tracks, a
ll 13 carriages were derailed, and four piled into each other and overturned on the ground. Black smoke was seen billowing from a wagon.Bodies of the victims were dragged out from the smashed train.
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