Six-year-old girl is only member of family to survive Spanish rail disaster
Child was on way home from a musical with parents, brother and cousin when trains collided, killing 42 people
TL;DR
- A six-year-old girl was the sole survivor from her family in a train collision near Adamuz, Córdoba province, which killed 42 people.
- The girl's family, including her parents, brother, and cousin, perished in the crash.
- The family was returning from Madrid after attending 'The Lion King' musical and visiting the Bernabéu stadium, celebrating the Epiphany feast.
- The girl sustained only a minor head wound and was found walking along the tracks.
- She has been reunited with her grandmother in Córdoba.
- Spain has begun three days of national mourning.
- Another passenger, Alberto García's daughter, is in intensive care with serious injuries and her unborn baby's heartbeat is being monitored.
- The train was traveling from Málaga to Madrid and derailed, hitting an oncoming train from Madrid to Huelva.