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Images posted by passengers of the train that derailed on Sunday night in Adamuz, Cordoba Province, show the magnitude of the incident. They include passengers in shock and trying to find their belongings in the affected carriages. Ambulances are transporting injured passengers.
Montse Ruiz was one of the passengers in carriage 4 of the Alvia train traveling from Madrid to Huelva. She described the critical incident as follows: “The train was moving normally until it suddenly began to brake. The train stopped, and everything went dark. I was in the last carriage when I was thrown about. People were screaming, suitcases landed on us, and the supervisor behind me was covered in blood. “I was given another chance.”
Carmen, a passenger from another ship, has posted a thread containing her testimony, photos, and videos on her X profile (@eleanorinthesky). “We were travelling on the Iryo between Cordoba and Madrid. Around ten minutes after departure, the train began to shake and derailed from carriage six to the rear. The lights went off. We were in carriage 5 where, fortunately, it appears that everyone was okay. Passengers in carriage six have been transferred to the front carriages which are undamaged. They will let us out orderly. We can see from the window a small station. We think it is Adamuz.
Image of an interior train.
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A train attendant describes her experience in an audio clip by Cadena Se. “I’m much better now.” I was in the rear cabin, putting the printer away after selling a Ticket. I was seated with the door shut when I was violently thrown forward. I hit the front door with my forehead and went unconscious. “My head and the entire right side are in extreme pain. But I managed to walk to the firefighters.”
Two women who traveled on the Iryo Train also shared their experience. “All of a sudden, the train started to overturn. One train derailed, and the other completely overturned. “They pulled us from the window,” they told me.
The emergency services have also provided testimony in the aftermath. “We had to remove a few of the dead in order to bring some survivors alive.” We are trying get injured people out,” said Paco Carmona.
RNE journalist Salvador Jiménez, who was also travelling aboard the Iryo train, said: “There’s a passenger on a stretcher being treated on top of the carriage. We still don’t know how to get out. You can see people’s faces twisted in fear, and some are even bleeding. It’s an extremely difficult situation. “The impact was like an earthquake. Trays and glasses flew everywhere and the crew used emergency hammers on windows to assist passengers in escaping.”
A crew member is seen in a video on social media giving information to passengers. “The situation has become serious and the train has come to a halt.” As of now, it’s safer to stay in the train than go outside. The situation becomes more complex from carriage number five and only five crew are on board. Please stay seated. We will open the doors shortly. If passengers are arriving from the back of the train we will give priority to them. We will evacuate as soon as we feel it is safe. Please be aware of elderly passengers, children and do not use your phone battery in the event that we have to walk.
In another video the worker says to passengers: “Those with a seat stay seated.” Keep an eye out for anyone with first aid skills. We will only go out when we feel it is safe, as we do not know the conditions of the track. We have spent many years preparing. If we rebel, then the years of preparation aren’t worth it. Always stay together.”
As the ambulances arrive to start transferring the wounded, another recording shows passengers trying their best to free those trapped in the Iryo by pulling them through the windows that were shattered during the collision. The video and photographs show passengers moving along the side of the carriage that is now lying on the floor after the derailment. Several passengers managed to escape the carriage and climb on the roof.
