At least 20 people were killed when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday.
A train has derailed near the town of Santiago de Compostela in Spain’s north west, killing several people. Picture: Twitter
Spanish railway company Renfe confirmed the train had come off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela in the Galicia region.
A Renfe spokesman told AFP news agency several people had been killed and several more injured.
Spanish newspapers said at least four people had been killed, though some sources put the toll much higher.
Reports said four carriages had overturned and emergency crews had rushed to the scene.
Images carried by Spanish papers showed at least one heavily damaged carriage.
The train was on the high-speed route between Madrid and Ferrol on the Galician coast.
Spanish news agency Efe quoted police and hospital sources as saying at least 50 people were injured in the derailment.
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