The number of people dead after a train derailed in one of Spain's worst rail disasters has reportedly risen as high as 77.
Many more are said to be critically injured and Spanish media reported
emergency services were attempting to rescue several people still
trapped inside carriages.A British national was among those injured, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
Lines of bodies covered with blankets were seen at the side of the tracks.
The crash happened as the train carrying 218 passengers plus crew approached Santiago de Compostela, a popular pilgrimage city in the northwestern region of Galicia.
Several of the 13 carriages rolled over, with one carriage torn open and flames and smoke seen rising from the scene.
It has been described as an accident, but it will stir memories of the 2004 Madrid train bombing, which killed nearly 200 people.
One passenger, Ricardo Montesco, told Cadena Ser radio station: "It was going so quickly ... It seems that on a curve the train started to twist and the wagons piled up one on top of the other.