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Residents of a rural village in central Spain have rushed to help a massive emergency response after a crash involving two high-speed trains travelling between Madrid and Seville.
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At least 68 people have died and dozens are injured.
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Spain has declared three days of national mourning as investigations continue.
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Residents of a rural village in central Spain have rallied into action to help a massive emergency response following the most deadly rail disaster in Europe in more than a decade.
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At least 68 people were killed and dozens more injured in the Toledo province on Wednesday, local time, when two high-speed trains collided while carrying hundreds of passengers between Madrid and Seville.
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A train operated by the state-owned RENFE company struck the rear of another train operated by private company IRYO that was stationery.
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The collision derailed two carriages on the tail of the IRYO train and the front of the RENFE train.
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The crash occurred on a flat stretch surrounded by olive fields between the villages of Urda and Los Yébenes, shredding carriages into bits of metal and other material.
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Debris was scattered down a gravel slope.
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In Urda, 78-year-old pharmacist Antonioa Garcia told Reuters he was among the first on the scene, jumping into his car to help after his daughter told him about the crash.
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He said that as he neared the crash site, the scale of the accident became clear when he saw one carriage wedged inside another and scores of bodies.
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"Just imagine what was inside," he said.
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The pharmacist said he brought first-aid materials, painkillers and tranquillisers from his pharmacy, as well as blankets, to help treat the injured.
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He also described how one passenger who had lost an arm in the crash was calmly asking for an ambulance, while another was saying his final goodbyes to his family.
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For those of us who are believers, these are very beautiful words," Mr Garcia said.
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Other locals brought bottles of water to give to passengers who were evacuated from the two trains.
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Construction worker David Gómez was also working nearby when he heard the crash and ran to help, he told the newspaper El País.
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"People were trying to get out through the windows …
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We cut through some fences to access the area and treated people with the first-aid kits we had brought until emergency services arrived," he said.
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"As I was trying to pull a young woman out, there was a piece of a leg."
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Another survivor told reporters at the scene that he was standing close to a carriage door at the time of the crash.
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Passengers were breaking the glass to get out.
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Some people couldn't move because they were trapped among the seats," he said.
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A visibly shaken Manuel Ortiz, who lives in Urda, told AFP he had been transporting survivors all morning in his car.
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The 49-year-old described a "horrific, horrible" scene that "smelled of an accident, of metal".
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Ambulances and medical helicopters made trips to and from the site, while buses took survivors who were unharmed.
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A military emergency brigade was deployed to help.
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Australian Education Minister Jason Clare said the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) was not aware of any Australians who had been affected by the crash.
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"As you'd expect, we've got consular officials in Spain who stand ready to help any Australians or any Australian families if they are affected," he told the ABC.
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"I think the whole country is in shock at the moment, seeing these images on our screens.
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In a statement, DFAT offered its condolences to victims' families and other people affected by the collision.
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Samy Paul, a British tourist, was aboard the RENFE train at the time of the crash and described the shock of the impact to The Associated Press after being rescued.
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"Suddenly, everything started falling apart.
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We fell down," he said.
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"We realised carriage two, carriage one, all gone, all smashed.
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Passenger Ignacio Relaño was also travelling on the RENFE train.
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He told state broadcaster TVE the train stopped momentarily on the line, then started again and crashed into the IRYO train.
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"We all felt the train abruptly slowing down and then the impact," he said.
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The car leaned to one side like it was about to tip over.
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I hit my nose, everything went flying, luggage, cell phones.
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…and 17 more, not listed.
The Aporia
