Train Derails in Spain, Killing Several, Injuring Dozens

The Police and emergency services who arrived the scene at the time of the accident transported some of the injured to local hospitals by helicopter and ambulance.

The train was approaching O Porriño station when it derailed on a straight stretch of track.

Spanish train company Refe Nacional Ferroviária de Espanha (Renfe) told Lusa on Friday morning that the train was owned by Portuguese railway company CP, had a Portuguese driver and 63 passengers on board.

A passenger train has derailed Friday in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region, killing four people and injuring 47 others.

Early reports suggest four people have been killed – one of which is the train driver – and up to 50 injured, with two in a critical condition. Television footage from the accident showed one rail auto flipped onto its side and caught against an electricity pylon beside the track. The back two cars were left partly off the tracks. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal Firefighters work at the scene of a train that derailed in Galicia in north-western Spain, close to the town of O Porrino, September 9, 2016.

Spanish state-run rail administrator, ADIF, has opened an investigation to find out the causes of the accident.

Pictures posted online and in local media showed one carriage of the train, which was carrying at least 65 people, lying on its side, the front completely caved in and mangled.

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