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Incredible escape - high-speed train collision shreds rail car | Redux

Incredible escape - high-speed train collision shreds rail car

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A train sits beneath the carriage of another train after they collided at a station in Alfarelos, Portugal, on Jan. 22. Emergency services say a high-speed intercity train rear-ended a local train waiting to enter a station in central Portugal, derailing several carriages leaving a pile of wreckage on Portugal’s main north-south line, slightly injuring 21 people. Officials said the local train was waiting to pull into a station near Coimbra, 120 miles north of the capital, Lisbon, when the northbound intercity train slammed into it from behind at 9. 15 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Monday--The Associated PressMiguel Teixeira / APA worker walks by the wreckage at the scene of a train crash at a station in Alfarelos, Portugal, on Jan. 22. Follow @NBCNewsPictures A high-speed train from Lisbon rear-ends a local train in Granja do Ulmeiro, Portugal, derailing several cars and injuring at least 13 people. NBCNews.

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