‘It all happened in a split-second’: survivors recount details of deadly train crash in Spain
People have been killed after a Spanish high-speed train collided with another train south of the capital Madrid, making this the country's worst disaster since 2013.
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- Passengers describe carriages full of seriously injured people after crash that has claimed at least 68 lives At least 68 killed in Toledo train crash – full report Josimar Medina woke a little before 9am on Wednesday to find himself airborne and hurtling through his carriage on the fast train from Madrid to Seville.
“I remember flying through the air and looking for my girlfriend, who was also shooting through the air,” said Medina, a 37-year-old tourist from the northern Peruvian city of Chiclayo.
More than 500 passengers were on board the trains when the incident occurred in the province of Toledo, south of Madrid.
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