Spain seeks answers as high-speed train crash toll rises to 40

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00:01Rescue efforts continued Monday at the crash site in southern Spain.

00:05The collision between two trains on Sunday evening was so violent

00:09that bodies were being found hundreds of metres away.

00:12Survivors described traumatic scenes.

00:15Some people were OK, but some were very, very bad.

00:19I had them in front of me and you could tell they were really bad

00:22and I couldn't do anything.

00:25Authorities said all the survivors had been rescued Monday,

00:29but that they were still looking for bodies.

00:31The problem is that the heavy machinery we were waiting for

00:35faces difficulties trying to lift the carriages

00:38to allow the work of the firefighters.

00:41Sadly, it seems, there could be more bodies inside those carriages.

00:48The accident has shaken a nation which has the largest high-speed rail network in Europe

00:54and the Spanish Prime Minister has announced three days of national mourning.

00:58I think it's a painful day for all of Spain, for our entire country.

01:04We will uncover the truth, we will find out the answers.

01:11This animation shows what happened when the tail end of a train travelling from Malaga to Madrid

01:17went off the rails and slammed into a second train travelling in the opposite direction.

01:22The head of the second train took the brunt of the impact

01:25and was sent plummeting down a four-metre slope.

01:28The cause of the accident is unclear.

01:31The train that derailed was less than four years old

01:33and the collision occurred on a straight stretch of track that had been renovated in May.

01:38But Reuters reported that experts studying the crash site found a broken joint on the rails.

01:43An investigation is underway, which could take a month, according to the Transport Minister.

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