At least two dead as train derails in northern Spain

MADRID, Sept 9 (Reuters) - At least two people have died after a train derailed in Galicia, in northern Spain, a spokesman for the local emergency services said on Friday. “There are still some injured here but not very serious, the seriously injured were quickly evacuated.”

The train was travelling from the Galician town of Vigo to the city of Porto in Portugal when the accident happened near O Porrino. 'Covered in blood'

The front portion of the train was badly mangled, but the last two carriages were only lightly affected and Spanish media report that many people were able to walk off the damaged train. The back two cars were partly off the tracks. READ MORE:

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Adif railway infrastructure company said it has opened an investigation. Image copyright EPA Image caption The mangled front coach of the Portuguese train near O Porrino station

At least four people have been killed and 47 hurt in a train derailment near O Porrino in north-western Spain. Galicia was also the scene of one of Spain’s worst rail disasters in 2013, when around 80 people were killed and another 144 injured after a train slammed into a concrete wall on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela.
A train derails at a station in the town of O Porriño in Galicia, Spain, killing at least four people.