Passenger train derailment kills scores in Spain

Relatives of passengers involved in the train crash wait for news at the Cersia Building in Santiago de Compostela. (David Ramos / Getty Images)

July 24, 2013 6:28 PM PT

Derailed cars were removed from tracks and investigations continued Thursday at the scene of a train crash in northwestern Spain.

Derailed cars are removed as emergency personnel work at the site of a train accident in Santiago de Compostela. (Lalo Villar / Associated Press)

Relatives of victims from a train crash in northwestern Spain hug each other near a makeshift morgue in a sports arena as the death toll rose to 78 on Thursday and investigators tried to determine the cause of the crash. (Salome Montes / Associated Press)

A firefighter uses an axe to open the way inside a train car. (Lalo Villar / Associated Press)

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Passenger train derailment kills scores in Spain

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