‘It all happened in a split-second’: survivors recount details of deadly train crash in Spain
Passengers describe carriages full of seriously injured people after crash that has claimed at least 68 lives At least 68 killed in Toledo train crash…
According to The Guardian, passengers describe carriages full of seriously injured people after crash that has claimed at least 68 lives At least 68 killed in Toledo train crash – full report Josimar Medina woke a little before 9am on Wednesday to find himself airborne and hurtling through his carriage on the fast train from Madrid to Seville.
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- Josimar Medina, Toledo, Madrid, Seville
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- “I remember flying through the air and looking for my girlfriend, who was also shooting through the air,” said Medina, a 37-year-old tourist from the northern Peruvian city of Chiclayo. (The Guardian)
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