Spain suffers 2nd major train crash in days
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Here’s what to know about the two crashes: The Sunday derailment happened at 7:45 p.m. when the tail end of a train carrying 289 passengers on the route from Malaga to the capital, Madrid, went off the rails. It slammed into an incoming train traveling from Madrid to Huelva carrying some 200 people, according to rail operator Adif.
A commuter train has derailed near Barcelona after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, Spanish emergency services reported.
A portion of Highway 78 in Dorchester County is shut down after a train derailed near the KION North America plant Saturday morning.
ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) — Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed rail collision the previous night in the south of the country when the tail end of a train jumped the track, causing another train speeding past in the opposite direction to derail.
Tragedy strikes in southern Spain as a high-speed train derailment leaves a trail of devastation. Witnesses recount the chaos and fear that unfolded.