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Spain begins mourning period as search continues for train crash victims
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Emergency services, drones and dog unit continue to comb carriages as Civil Guard sets up clinics for relatives to provide DNA samples Spain has begun three days of mourning to commemorate the 69 people who died in a high-speed rail collision as hospitals continue to treat dozens
Emergency services, drones and dog unit continue to comb carriages as Civil Guard sets up clinics for relatives to provide DNA samples Spain has begun three days of mourning to commemorate the 69 people who died in a high-speed rail collision as hospitals continue to treat dozens of injured passengers and relatives wait for news of their loved ones. The trains – one from Spain’s state-owned Renfe and the other from the private rail company Iryo – were heading from Madrid on Wednesday to the southern region of Andalucía on the same line when they collided just before 9am. After the Iryo train came to a halt, the other slammed into its rear, knocking several carriages off the track near the town of Urda in the central region of Castilla-La Mancha.
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