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24/07/2013 Santiago de Compostela derailment

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Spain Train Crash in Santiago De Compostela

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Spain train crash: Twisted carriages after train derails at high-speed at Santiago de Compostela

The Santiago de Compostela derailment occurred when an Alvia high-speed train traveling from Madrid to Ferrol, in the north-west of Spain, derailed at high speed on a bend about 4 kilometers outside of the railway station at Santiago de Compostela. Of the 222 people aboard, around 140 were injured and 79 died.