TRAIN CRASH IN SPAIN ALL EVENT

Spanish  train killed at least 80 people while travelling at 120mph

Terrifying: A horrifying video has been released of the moment the train hurtled off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela last night

Moment of impact: The train hurtled off the tracks and smashed into a wall, leaving at least 80 people dead and up to 141 were injured

Francisco Jose Garzon (left), one of the drivers on the train which crashed, is reported to have posted a picture on Facebook in March last year of a train speedometer at 125mph (right)

Rescue: A fireman carries a wounded victim from the wreckage of the train crash near Santiago de Compostela

The Supreme Court of the Galicia region, which did not say which driver was being questioned, said: 'The judge has ordered the police to take a statement from the driver, currently under formal investigation, in the hospital where he is being held in custody.'

A terrifying video meanwhile has emerged which captured the moment the train crashed.

All eight carriages of the Madrid to Ferrol train derailed near the city of Santiago de Compostela last night.

Dramatic video footage from a security camera shows the train careering into a concrete wall as it came off the rails on the bend, before flipping onto its side and hurtling down the railway line with its terrified passengers on board.

Deadly: The train which had 218 passengers and an unspecified number of staff on board at the time of the accident hurtles down the track after falling on to its side

Admission: One of the drivers told railway officials by radio that he took the bend at 190 kilometres (118 miles) per hour in an urban zone with a speed limit of 80 kph, daily El Pais reported

 

Moment high-speed passenger train derails and crashes

The accident is the worst train accident in 30 years and television footage showed one wagon pointing upwards into the air with one of its ends twisted and disfigured. 

Another carriage that had been severed in two could be seen lying on a road near the track.

State-owned train operator Renfe said in a statement that 218 passengers and an unspecified number of staff were on board at the time of the accident. 

Clearance: Rescue workers at the accident site at the entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station

Aftermath: Rail personnel clear the area and fix the track at the site of the accident

Wreckage: Part of the train is carried away following the horrific crash

Twisted: The accident is the worst train accident in 30 years and television footage showed one wagon pointing upwards into the air with one of its ends twisted and disfigured

Accident: The train jumped the tracks on a bend just before arriving in the northwestern shrine city of Santiago de Compostela

Horrifying: At least 80 people have been killed and up to 141 injured including one Briton after a packed Spanish passenger train derailed on a bend last night

Derailed: All eight carriages of the Madrid to Ferrol train came off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela

Tragic: Emergency crews work to help those who were injured in the Spanish train crash which happened just outside Santiago de Compostela

 

Train crash leaves at least 80 dead in Spain

Renfe said the derailment happened at 8.41pm local time on a high-speed section that was inaugurated two years ago.

After the crash, bodies were seen covered in blankets next to the tracks and rescue workers tried to get trapped people out of the train's carriages, with smoke billowing from some of the wreckage.

Some passengers were pulled out of broken windows, and one man stood on a carriage lying on its side, using a pickaxe to try to smash through a window.

Belongings: Police officers collect baggage at the scene of a train crash

Relatives of the victims of a train accident reacts outside the Cersia building for more information 

Harrowing: Families wait for further information during the identification of the bodies

Difficult: Friends and family waited anxiously for news of their loved ones 

Public visit: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (centre), Public Works Minister Ana Pastor (right), and Galician Regional President Alberto Nunez Feijoo (second left) visit the scene of a train accident in Santiago de Compostela

Declaration: The Spanish Prime Minister declared three days official mourning throughout Spain

 

Wrecked carriages at scene of Spanish train disaster

TVE showed footage of what appeared to be several bodies covered by blankets alongside the tracks next to the damaged train wagons and rescue workers entering toppled carriages through broken windows.

The crash happened about an hour before sunset after the train emerged from a tunnel and derailed on the curve - sending cars flying off the tracks. 

As casualties were taken to hospitals in Santiago and two other cities in the region, authorities appealed for people to donate blood.

Removal: A carriage is lifted at the scene of a train crash

Surveying the scene: The crash happened about an hour before sunset after the train emerged from a tunnel and derailed on the curve - sending cars flying off the tracks