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Spain train derailment: At least three dead in northern province of Galicia, local media reports | |
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At least three people are feared to have died after a train derailed in northern Spain. | |
Local media reports three people are dead and a fourth person is in crictical condition in hospital after a commuter train crashed at O Porriño station in the north-western province of Galicia at 9:30am local time. | |
A witness told the Levante newspaper the train began to derail as it arrived at the station and collided with a lampost at the side of the track. | |
The train company responsible for the service, Renfe, confirmed the incident on Twitter and expressed its condolences towards the victims and their families. | |
The local branch of the political party, Ciudadanos, also tweeted to expressed its condolences and announced it had suspended campaigning for the day as a mark of respect. | |
In 2013, 79 people were killed in Spain's worst rail disaster when a high-speed Renfe train went off the tracks and slammed into a wall near Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia. | |
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