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Spanish authorities are giving an update after at least 39 people were killed in a high-speed train crash in Spain –\u00a0here’s what we know<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
A Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed over to the opposite tracks, colliding with an oncoming train in Adamuz on Sunday. It happened at 19:45 local time (18:45 GMT), about an hour after the train left M\u00e1laga<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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A passenger on the train told local media\u00a0he felt a jolt<\/a>\u00a0and had “the feeling that the whole train was going to fall apart”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Most of those killed and injured were in the front carriages of the second train, which was travelling south from Madrid to Huelva<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Transport Minister Oscar Puente says the crash happened on a straight part of the track,\u00a0calling it “extremely strange”<\/a>. Meanwhile rail company Iryo says the “relatively new” Madrid train, built in 2022, was\u00a0inspected four days ago<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Spanish authorities are giving an update after at least 39 people were killed in a high-speed train crash in Spain –\u00a0here’s what we know<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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A Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed over to the opposite tracks, colliding with an oncoming train in Adamuz on Sunday. It happened at 19:45 local time (18:45 GMT), about an hour after the train left M\u00e1laga<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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A passenger on the train told local media\u00a0he felt a jolt<\/a>\u00a0and had “the feeling that the whole train was going to fall apart”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Most of those killed and injured were in the front carriages of the second train, which was travelling south from Madrid to Huelva<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Transport Minister Oscar Puente says the crash happened on a straight part of the track,\u00a0calling it “extremely strange”<\/a>. Meanwhile rail company Iryo says the “relatively new” Madrid train, built in 2022, was\u00a0inspected four days ago<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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