The accident, the second in less than a year on the same busy rail line, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.

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Fernando Seco, 62, said he and others moved at least a dozen wounded passengers from the crash site, using parts of the wreckage as makeshift stretchers.

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Fernando Seco, 62, said he and others moved at least a dozen wounded passengers from the crash site, using parts of the wreckage as makeshift stretchers.

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A train accident near Toledo, Spain, which killed at least 68 people, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.

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A train accident near Toledo, Spain, which killed at least 68 people, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.

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One train rear-ended another, sending two carriages down an embankment.