MADRID: A minimum of 30 individuals have been killed when two high-speed trains collided in Spain on Wednesday (Oct 28), the second lethal accident in lower than a 12 months on the road connecting Madrid to the southern Andalusia area, regional authorities stated.
Footage from regional Castilla-La Mancha Tv confirmed a derailed prepare with at the least one carriage remaining on an elevated part of monitor whereas twisted metallic, damaged panels and wreckage may very well be seen strewn throughout an embankment beneath the road.
Miguel, a passenger travelling with a number of colleagues within the rear automotive of one of many trains, described to COPE radio the second of the accident.
“We heard a large roar, a very huge thud that went on for 10 seconds, as if the prepare have been about to derail. Via the right-hand window, we might see a wrecked prepare – I think about it should have been the opposite one,” he stated.
