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Spanish train in deadly derailment | |
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A train has derailed in north-western Spain, with several people believed to have been killed. | |
Spanish railway company Renfe confirmed the train had come off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela in the Galicia region. | |
A Renfe spokesman told AFP news agency several people had been killed and several more injured. | |
Spanish newspapers said at least four people had been killed, though some sources put the toll much higher. | |
Reports said four carriages had overturned and emergency crews had rushed to the scene. | |
Images carried by Spanish papers showed at least one heavily damaged carriage. | |
The train was on the high-speed route between Madrid and Ferrol on the Galician coast. | |
Spanish news agency Efe quoted police and hospital sources as saying at least 50 people were injured in the derailment. | |
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