A 6-year-old woman walked away nearly unharmed : NPR

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Manu Fernandez/AP BARCELONA, Spain — The roar was deafening contained in the prepare automobile because it hurtled off the tracks, then slid down a steep slope, ripping open its body. After which, amid the twisted metallic of the wreckage, the cries of the injured and the silence of the useless.

Surrounded by our bodies after the prepare accident in southern Spain, one little woman by some means emerged just about unscathed.

Newspaper La Vanguardia reported {that a} Civil Guard officer discovered her barefoot on the tracks after she escaped by a damaged window.

Relative Juan Barroso instructed reporters the 6-year-old is in good well being after receiving three stitches in her head at a hospital. The mayor of her household's village, situated close to the ill-fated rail line, stated he was discovering a measure of solace within the truth this woman was out of hurt's method.

"There are various people who find themselves very unhappy for the victims of this horrible accident, however there have been additionally many who survived, just like the miracle of the woman who's secure," Punta Umbria's Mayor José Carlos Hernández instructed reporters Tuesday after main a minute of silence for the victims.

Amongst them had been the woman's mother and father, brother and a cousin. A minimum of 41 individuals had been killed within the brutal accident that has shaken the nation and left the 6-year-old youngster an orphan.

Her household's final names are Zamorano Álvarez, the city corridor stated. however The Related Press will not be disclosing her first identify.

Punta Umbria has declared three days of mourning for victims together with the Zamorano Álvarez household. They had been seated within the entrance carriages that bore the brunt of the impression when a prepare coming the other way all of the sudden jumped its observe for causes nonetheless unknown.