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At least four killed in Spain train crash
Posted On Sep 12 2016
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In July, two passenger trains collided head-on in a rural area of southeastern Italy, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 50 others.
The accident happened at around 9:30 a.m. local time on Friday when the train – which was carrying a total of 65 people – partially derailed just outside the O Porriño railway station in Pontevedra, which is the capital of the province that carries the same name.
Helicopters, ambulances and fire engines rushed to the scene to attend to the victims, some of whom were thought to be seriously injured.
Approximately 60 passengers were on board the three-wagon train.
Four dead in Spain as train derails was posted in World of TheNews International – https://www.thenews.com.pk on September 09, 2016 and was last updated on September 09, 2016. Television footage from the accident showed one rail auto flipped onto its side and caught against an electricity pylon beside the track.
In 2013, 79 people were killed in Spain’s worst rail disaster in decades when a high-speed train went off the tracks and slammed into a wall near Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia.
The Spanish newspaper reports that the first vehicle derailed 200 metres before pulling into the station, slightly damaging two other carriages. It left Vigo at 9.02am and had been scheduled to arrive in Porto two hours later.
The Vigo-Porto service has been jointly operated by Renfe and Comboios Portugal since 2011.
Adif has opened an investigation into the causes of the accident, while Spanish Secretary of State for Infrastructures Julio Gomez-Pomar explained that maintenance work was being carried out at the scene of the accident, which meant that all trains on the route had been using a provisional track. News stories displayed here appear in our category for worldwide and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.com and The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization. AP is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information.
