At least two lifeless and extra trapped after two high-speed trains derail in Spain
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At least two people have died after two high-speed trains derailed in Spain.
The accident happened Adamuz near Cordoba. An unknown number of passengers have been injured, the Civil Guard said.
The trains – one travelling from Málaga to Madrid, the other bound for Huelva and running on an adjacent line – both overturned as they travelled at high speed.
‘In the derailment and collision in Adamuz, Cordoba, there are injured people,’ the Andalusia region’s emergency services posted on X.
The full scale of the incident is not currently known, and authorities have not confirmed the number of people who have died.
Horrifying footage showed rescue teams desperately working in pitch-black conditions to free those trapped in the trains.
Local media reported that a large emergency response has been mobilised, made up of five mobile intensive care units, a logistics support vehicle and four emergency critical care units, to treat the injured.
Firefighters from seven stations in the area have also been dispatched.
The high-speed rail service between between Madrid and Andalusia has been suspended following the incident.
More to follow.
