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The screams erupted suddenly, tearing through the darkness without warning. One moment, the rhythmic hum of a high-speed train gliding through southern Spain lulled passengers into a relaxed state. The next, metal screamed against metal, glass shattered, and a routine journey plunged into chaos. In a matter of seconds, what should have been a quiet Sunday evening turned into one of the deadliest rail disasters Spain had seen in over a decade.
Passengers had boarded the train expecting nothing more than a routine trip between Málaga and Madrid. Families settled into seats, children drifted to sleep, travelers scrolled through their phones or gazed out into the darkness. There was no sense of impending danger, no hint that anything could go wrong. But near the small town of Adamuz in the province of Córdoba, the unimaginable occurred.
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