Five people are dead and scores injured after a high-speed train derails and collides into another train travelling in the opposite direction in Cordoba.

At least 10 people were killed when a high-speed train traveling between Malaga, Spain and Madrid derailed in Adamuz station in Cordoba Province on Sunday night. In one of the worst high-speed train accidents in Spain, at least 25 people were seriously injured.

Around 7.45pm, the accident occurred when the train entered Adamuz Station. The back carriage overturned and derailed on the adjacent track. It collided with a train traveling in the opposite direction from Madrid to Huelva which had also derailed.

SUR confirms that two of those killed were on a train travelling from Malaga to Madrid, and three others were on an Alvia train traveling towards Huelva.

Spain’s transport minister Óscar Puente did not confirm the number of dead but described the accident as “serious”, saying the “impact has been terrible” between the two trains travelling in opposite directions.

Witnesses report that the train seemed to shake and vibrate just before the collision.

Most affected were the last two carriages, especially the one at the tail of the train that overturned onto the track. Around 300 passengers were on board the train.

The emergency services had five mobile intensive care units (ICUs), a logistical assistance vehicle, and four emergency critical-care units (ECUs) on site. The accident has led to the suspension of all train communications between Andalucía and Madrid. Transport minister Óscar Puente has travelled to the scene. The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, has said on social media that the regional government is “very concerned by the serious rail accident in Cordoba province and keeping up to date with the news of people affected”.

Adamuz station has set up a field clinic at the scene.

There is a telephone number for victims’ relatives to call in an emergency – 900101020.