At least 39 dead and dozens injured in high-speed train crash in Spain as witnesses describe horror

Initial reports revealed that one train had derailed at high speed, crossed onto the opposite track, and collided head-on with another train. The impact of the crash sent carriages flying off the rails, some plummeting into a nearby ditch. Entire sections of the train folded in on themselves, steel bending like paper. The lights went out, plunging passengers into darkness, enveloped in dust, smoke, and screams.

Survivors described the noise as “thunder exploding inside the train.” Others said it felt like the ground had disappeared beneath them. Floors tilted at impossible angles. Luggage flew. People were thrown from their seats, crashing into walls, each other, anything in reach. In some carriages, passengers found themselves upside down, disoriented and bleeding, struggling to understand whether they were alive or dead.

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