Two Die in Deadly Derailment in Spain

World | January 5, 2003, Sunday // 00:00

Two women have been killed and 20 others injured when part of a Spanish express train was derailed on Saturday evening. It was travelling from Madrid to Carthagene when it ran into trouble around the region of Albacete. Investigators say the reason for the accident is still not clear. Rescue crews had to work to free a number of passengers from the wreckage, although the majority of the 220 on board were unharmed, their carriages remaining upright. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar is set to visit the scene of the crash later today.

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