A passenger, identified only as Lola, was on the third carriage of the Alvia train going from Huelva to Madrid, but moved to carriage five to be with her friend. It was then that she felt intense braking, causing her to be jolted “several metres” and the power to go out.
She told local outlet SUR: “I was incredibly lucky because mine was completely wrecked. I was thrown several metres, and when I managed to get up, everyone was screaming; it was pitch black.”
Other passengers around her scrambled to smash windows to escape and, once she got outside, Lola witnessed the extent of the damage to the train and people.
She added: “The two cars in front were left blocking the tracks, with injured people, bleeding, with broken legs.”