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Spain begins mourning period after train crash as search continues for victims in wreckage

Spain begins mourning period after train crash as search continues for victims in wreckage

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Emergency services, drones and dog unit continue to comb carriages as Civil Guard sets up clinics for relatives to provide DNA samplesSpain has begun three days of mourning to commemorate the 69 people who died in a high-speed rail collision as hospitals continue to treat dozens of injured passengers and relatives wait for news of their loved ones.The trains – one from Spain’s state-owned Renfe and the other from the private rail company Iryo – were heading from Madrid on Wednesday to the southern region of Andalucía on the same line when they collided just before 9am. After the Iryo…

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