Spain train crash live updates: At least 68 dead in collision with high-speed train, officials say
Report from the scene
Amid fields of alfalfa and almond trees, a seemingly endless procession of ambulances, police cars and fire trucks entered and exited the crash site, while rescue helicopters flew low overhead. The trains seemed twisted together, a mass of mangled metal.
Dozens of Civil Guard officers, some wearing the white protective suits used by forensic investigators, were inspecting the scene and gathering evidence. Broken cables and fallen power poles were scattered everywhere.
A group of Catholic priests came out of the area where the trains were. “We came to pray for the dead,” said the Rev. Luis Lucendo, 63, vicar of Toledo and parish priest of Villacañas, a neighboring town.
“A man told us his wife had died and I was able to make the sign of the cross over her,” Father Lucendo said. “They were going to spend the day in Cordoba, but that’s where their trip ended.”
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