Passenger describes ‘horrifying’ moment of collisionpublished at 10:46 GMT
10:46 GMT
Lucas Meriako, a passenger on the high-speed Madrid-bound train that derailed and collided with another oncoming train, says the experience was “horrifying”.
“We were in carriage five and we started to feel some banging on the track, nothing unusual,” he tells Spanish news broadcaster, La Sexta Noticias.
Then, the banging became louder, he says.
“Another train passed us and everything started vibrating. There was a jolt behind us and the feeling that the whole train was going to fall apart,” he describes.
Meriako says that the impact of the collision shattered the train’s windows, displaced luggage and threw people on to the floor. People then started breaking windows to get out.