Off the wire
• Britain's "Beatrix Potter" dormouse vulnerable to extinction: researchers  • Slain teen shot in dead for stoning Israeli soldiers in Gaza  • EU must face its major challenges: Lithuanian president  • 9 militants killed in NW Pakistan's air strikes  • Funding for CESEC gas connectivity accord agreed on in Budapest  • LME base metals close mixed on Friday  • UN-backed probe team begins work in S. Sudan  • Morocco busts drug trafficking criminal gang in farm raid  • Spanish stock market falls 0.83 pct, closes at 9,025 points  • China to enhance military ties with Myanmar: senior military official  
You are here: 　 Home

Portuguese president sends condolences following deadly train crash in Spain

Xinhua, September 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa sent his condolences to the victims of a train crash in Spain which left four people dead on Friday.

The four people killed include the driver who was of Portuguese nationality. The accident took place when the train derailed in Porrino station in Pontevedra, Spain, on its way to Porto in neighboring Portugal.

"On finding out about this tragic train accident which took place this morning in the Spanish locality of Porrino, I want to transmit to the families of the mortal victims in name of the Portuguese and in my own name, our feelings of profound sorrow and our most heartfelt condolences," he said in a statement.

He added that he hoped those injured would recover soon. At least 49 people were injured in the accident, according to local media.

The train, which was operated by the Portuguese company CP and the Spanish company Renfe, departed from Vigo Friday morning. According to Renfe the train was carrying 64 passengers. Endit