Costa del Sol train derails leaving 37 injured
Thursday, November 30, 2017 @ 1:45 PM
A total of thirty-seven people have been injured, two of them seriously, as a result of a train derailing on the line between Seville and Malaga. The accident, according to the first hypothesis, was due to water infiltration around the tracks, a consequence of the recent heavy rainfall.
The train, which was carrying 79 passengers at the time, derailed at 10.15am between Utrera and Marchena, close to Arahal in the province of Seville.
The emergency services had to use tractors, quad bikes and army vehicles to reach the accident zone as heavy rainfall the previous night had flooded the surrounding fields and rendered the access roads virtually unpassable. Many of the emergency personnel trekked 3km across the fields rather than wait for alternative vehicles.
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