The roar was resounding inside the train car as it veered off the tracks, then slid down a steep incline, cracking open its frame. And then, amid the twisted metal of the wreckage, the screams of the wounded and the silence of the dead.
After being surrounded by bodies The train accident in the south of Spaina little girl somehow escaped almost unscathed.
the newspaper The vanguard reported that a Civil Guard found him barefoot in the streets, after escaping through a broken window.
The officer said that the girl managed to escape from the train carriages most affected by the accident, La Vanguardia reports, adding that she did not notice her bare feet until about an hour after she was initially found. He told the officer he had to take off his shoes before climbing through the broken window because they got caught in the iron debris inside the car when he stepped off the rail, according to the newspaper.
Juan Barroso’s relative told reporters that the 6-year-old child is in good health after receiving three stitches in the head in a hospital. The mayor of her family’s town, located next to the ill-fated railroad, said he was finding some measure of relief that the girl was out of danger.
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“There are many people who are very sad for the victims of this terrible accident, but there were also many survivors, like the miracle of the girl who is safe,” the mayor of Punta Umbria, José Carlos Hernández, told reporters on Tuesday after a minute’s silence for the victims.
Among them were the girl’s parents, brother and a cousin. At least 41 people died in the brutal accident that shook the nation and left the 6-year-old child an orphan.
His family’s last name is Zamorano Álvarez, according to the municipality. But the Associated Press has not released his name.
Punta Umbria has imposed three times of mourning among the victims, for the Zamorano Álvarez family. They were sitting in the front carriages that suffered the damage of the collision, when an oncoming train suddenly jumped their path for reasons not yet known.
Mayor Hernández said the girl is with her grandparents in a hotel in Cordoba, a city closest to the accident.
“He has a great family that will do whatever it takes to have a happy life,” said the mayor.