Rescue workers pull victims from a train crash near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 24, 2013. At least 35 people died after a train derailed in the outskirts of the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, the head of Spain's Galicia region, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, told Cadena Ser radio on Wednesday. A woman who was close to the site of the accident told the radio station that she had first heard a loud explosion and then seen the train derailed. REUTERS/Oscar Corral (SPAIN - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX11XNT
Rescue workers pull victims from a train crash near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 24, 2013. At least 35 people died after a train derailed in the outskirts of the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, the head of Spain's Galicia region, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, told Cadena Ser radio on Wednesday. A woman who was close to the site of the accident told the radio station that she had first heard a loud explosion and then seen the train derailed. REUTERS/Oscar Corral (SPAIN - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX11XNT. © Stringer Spain / Reuters
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Rescue workers pull victims from a train crash in northwestern Spain, July 24, 2013. At least 35 people died after a train derailed in the outskirts of the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela.

Oscar Corral is a photographer for El Pais, the highest-circulated newspaper in Spain. Corral was literally one of the first people at the scene of yesterday’s derailment. You can read an incredible account of what he saw on EuroNew.com.

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Dan Bracaglia
Dan Bracaglia

Dan Bracaglia, the News & Features editor at Popular Photography, has been covering imaging and camera technology for 13 years, with work appearing—both written and photographic—in publications including American Photo magazine, Digital Photography Review, Popular Science magazine, the Star-Ledger, Sound & Vision magazine, and of course, Popular Photography. Contact the author here.

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