Spain train collision death toll rises to 39

Spanish police said on Monday that at least 39 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed rail collision the previous night in the south of the country when the tail end of a train jumped the track, causing another train speeding past in the opposite direction to derail.

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The impact tossed the second train’s lead carriages off the track, sending them plummeting down a 4m slope. Some bodies were found hundreds of metres from the crash site, Andalusia regional president Juanma Moreno said, describing the wreckage a “m