马德里——当列车停下时，塞巴斯蒂安·埃雷罗以为停车是因为接触网断线，近年来西班牙高速铁路网越来越频繁地出现这类问题。但他对晚点的担忧突然被打断：另一列火车从后方撞上了他乘坐的列车，他整个人飞了出去，脸朝下摔在对面的座位上。46岁的埃雷罗周三乘坐伊里奥公司运营的早班列车从马德里前往塞维利亚，途中一列国营的雷恩费公司运营的列车撞了上来，导致他所在列车的最后三节车厢冲下高架路堤。
By Jaime LopezMADRID, - When his train drew to a halt, Sebastian Herrero thought the stoppage was due to a fallen overhead line, a problem that has increasingly beset Spain's high-speed railway network in recent years. But concerns about arriving late at his destination were suddenly interrupted when he found himself flying through the air and landing face-first on the seat opposite as another train slammed into the back of his. Herrero, 46, was on his way on Wednesday to Seville from Madrid on an early-morning train operated by Iryo when a train operated by state-owned Renfe ploughed into it, sending its final three carriages careering down a raised embankment in a crash that killed 69 people.
这起事故造成69人死亡。埃雷罗和同车厢的人爬下路堤，翻过围栏进入一片田地，才得以逃生。回头望去，他才第一次意识到事故的严重程度。埃雷罗在塞维利亚接受采访时说：“现场惨不忍睹。你能看到车厢完全烧毁，就像爆炸过一样。从里面出来的人状况非常糟糕，还有人开始把遇难者的遗体抬出来，就放在我们旁边。”
Herrero and others in his carriage escaped by scrambling down the embankment and crossing a fence into a field. Looking back, he realised the extent of the accident for the first time." The scene was devastating. You saw carriages completely burnt out, as if they’d exploded. What you see coming out were people in a very bad way, and others who start pulling out the bodies of the deceased and placing them right there next to where we were," Herrero said in an interview in Seville.
埃雷罗说，经历这场灾难后他感觉自己“重获新生”。他庆幸自己的车厢靠近列车前部，但撞击仍导致许多乘客手臂或鼻梁骨折。一月事故后的困境这起事故之前，一月份还发生过另一起事故，造成数十人死亡，涉及同样的铁路公司，发生在同一线路上的阿达穆兹镇附近。
Herrero, who said he feels "born again" after surviving the disaster, was fortunate that his carriage was near the front of the train, but the impact still left many passengers with broken arms or noses.DILEMMA AFTER JANUARY CRASHThe crash followed another accident that killed dozens in January and involved the same rail companies on the same line near the town of Adamuz.
这重新引发了关于西班牙高铁网络安全与维护的争论，该网络是欧洲最长的——直到最近，它还是西班牙人的骄傲。埃雷罗回忆，阿达穆斯事故发生后，人们曾问他是否觉得乘坐火车安全。“我记得阿达穆斯那事发生时，我想了一个半月很多事情，因为我得开车去那儿，而路况也不是特别好，”他说。“现在汽油价格远非最低，坐飞机也不是个选项。所以对于我们这些在塞维利亚和马德里之间有往来、生活依赖这条线路的许多人来说，看不到其他解决办法。”
It has revived a debate about safety and maintenance on Spain's high-speed rail network, Europe's longest and — until recently — a source of pride for Spaniards. Herrero remembers people asking him after the Adamuz accident whether he felt safe taking the train."I remember when the Adamuz thing happened because I spent a month and a half thinking about lots of things, as I had to drive there and the roads aren’t exactly in the best condition either," he said." Petrol isn’t at its cheapest right now, far from it, and flying isn’t an option. So for many of us who have that connection between Seville and Madrid and whose lives depend on it, you can’t see any other solution."
对于周三事故中涉及的不同国籍、不同背景的许多人来说，主导情绪是愤慨。“该负责的人该承担责任了，”埃雷罗说。“我不知道这是该由法院裁定，还是由政客决定，抑或由西班牙人民决定，但清楚的是，发生这种事是不可接受的，这种事绝不能再发生，”他补充道。
For many of the people of different nationalities and backgrounds involved in Wednesday's accident, the prevailing feeling was one of indignation." It is high time for whoever is responsible to take responsibility," Herrero said."I don’t know whether it is up to the courts to say so, or whether it is up to politicians, or whether it is for the Spanish people to decide, but what is clear is that it is unacceptable for this to happen and it is inconceivable that it could ever happen again," he added.