"a 33-year-old consultant traveling from Malaga to Madrid in carriage number six of the high-speed train run by Spanish company Iryo, who prefers to remain anonymous, began to feel the train vibrating excessively. Then she noticed it swaying, lurching from side to side. Suitcases and bags tumbled from the overhead luggage racks, and glasses, laptops, and other items on the tables fell to the floor."
"At 7:45 p.m. and 20 seconds later, Rocio Flores, 30, who was sitting in carriage eight of the high-speed train run by Alvia traveling from Madrid to Huelva, felt such a violent jolt that it literally ripped her from her seat and propelled her several meters over the seats in front of her. She landed in the aisle and, bewildered and terrified, sincerely believed she wasn't going to get out of that carriage."
"The Iryo train, traveling at 210 kilometers (130 miles) per hour and carrying 300 passengers, derailed for reasons still unknown, and three carriages, numbers six through eight, occupied the parallel track. Twenty seconds later, the driver of the Alvia train, who died in the accident and was traveling in the opposite direction at 205 kilometers (127 miles) per hour, crashed head-on into these last two carriages of the Iryo. He had barely 20 seconds, not enough time to react, between the derailment and the collision."
At 7:45 p.m. an Iryo high-speed train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed while moving at 210 km/h with about 300 passengers on board. Passengers reported violent vibrations, swaying, luggage and objects falling, attendants and trolleys collapsing, and loss of lights. Twenty seconds after the derailment an Alvia train traveling at 205 km/h on the opposite track collided head-on with two derailed carriages; the Alvia driver died. Some passengers were hurled from their seats, feared for their lives, and made emergency calls. Neither train was exceeding speed limits, and the cause of the derailment remains unknown.
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