Rescuers work at the site where a train crashed at entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening.(Xinhua/La Voz de Galicia) Related: Death toll in Spanish train crash rises up to 47 MADRID, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Up to 47 people have been killed and around 70 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in northwestern Spain on Wednesday evening. The number of victims was confirmed by the President of the Galician regional government Alberto Nunez Feijoo on Spanish television three and a half hours after the accident which occurred at 20:42 local time. Full story
The bodies of three people remains in the site where a train crashed at entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening.(Xinhua/La Voz de Galicia) 
A citizen and a local policeman rescue a survivor at the site where a train crashed at the entrance of the Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening.(Xinhua/La Voz de Galicia) 
Rescuers work at the site where a train crashed, at the entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening.(Xinhua/Oscar Corral) 
Rescuers and citizens work at the site where a train crashed, at the entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening.(Xinhua/Oscar Corral) 
Rescuers and citizens work at the site where a train crashed, at the entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening. (Xinhua/Oscar Corral) 
Rescuers and citizens work at the site where a train crashed, at the entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening. (Xinhua/Oscar Corral) 
Rescuers and citizens work at the site where a train crashed, at the entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening. (Xinhua/Oscar Corral) 
Rescuers and citizens work at the site where a train crashed, at the entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening. (Xinhua/Oscar Corral) 
A citizen and a local police member rescue a survivor at the site where a train crashed, at the entrance of the Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening. (Xinhua/La Voz de Galicia) 
Rescuers and citizens work at the site where a train crashed, at the entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening. (Xinhua/Oscar Corral) 
Rescuers work at the site where a train crashed, at the entrance of Santiago de Compostela Station, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwest of Spain, on July 24, 2013. Up to 35 people have died and around 100 injured after a train derailed just outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in north-western Spain on Wednesday evening.(Xinhua/Oscar Corral) |
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