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Thursday, July 25, 2013
See Footage of Train Crash Disaster(Moment Train Left Track)
A derailed Train has left at least 78 people de*d in Spain.
The moment is left the track was caught by security cameras at the side of the tracks.
The train entered a sharp bend at high speed, then came off the tracks, smashing into a wall running alongside the rails, the video showed.
Survivors have described carriages flipping and bursting into flames after the derailment just outside 'Santiago de Compestela', a popular pilgrimage city in northwestern part of Spain.
over 130 people were hurt in the crash.
More than 20 were reported to be in a critical condition.
Officials have opened an investigation, as local media report the train was travelling at twice the speed limit.
According to El Pais (A Spanish newspaper), a driver who was caught inside the carriages after the crash reported the train had been travelling at almost 120mph (190kph) when it entered the curve.
"I'm going at 190!" he is quoted as saying by the Spanish newspaper.
The speed limit on that section of track is 50mph (80kph), El Pais reported.
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