Thursday, July 25, 2013

Spain Train Crash: Footage Of Disaster Emerges


The moment a train derailed in a crash that has left at least 80 people dead in Spain has been caught by security cameras at the side of the tracks.

The video shows the train entering a sharp bend at high speed, then coming off the rails, with carriages smashing into a wall.

An official source has told the Reuters news agency the eight-carriage train was travelling at excessive speed.

Survivors have described carriages flipping over and bursting into flames after the derailment just outside Santiago de Compostela, a popular pilgrimage city in northwestern Spain.

In the video, the carriage immediately behind the locomotive appears to derail first. Then all the carriages

More @  Sky News

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