西班牙列车事故幸存者回忆惨状 事故发生时场面惨烈文/Jaime Lopez马德里，10月29日 —— 当列车停下时，塞巴斯蒂安·埃雷罗以为是因架空接触网断落导致停运，这一问题近年来日益困扰西班牙的高速铁路网络。
Spain train crash survivor recalls scenes of devastation as accident unfolded By Jaime Lopez MADRID, Oct 29 - 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.
但对晚点抵达目的地的担忧突然被打断，他发现自己飞向空中，脸朝前重重砸在对面座位上 —— 另一列火车撞上了他所在列车的尾部。
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.
现年46岁的埃雷罗周三乘坐Iryo公司运营的早班列车从马德里前往塞维利亚，途中国营铁路公司Renfe运营的一列火车追尾相撞，导致其所乘列车最后三节车厢冲下高耸路基，造成69人死亡。
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. Herrero and others in his carriage escaped by scrambling down the embankment and crossing a fence into a field.
埃雷罗和同车厢乘客爬下路基、翻越围栏逃入田野。回头望去，他第一次意识到事故的严重程度。
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.
“现场惨不忍睹。车厢完全烧毁，仿佛发生过爆炸。看到出来的人伤势极重，还有人开始把遇难者遗体拖出来，就放在我们旁边，”埃雷罗在塞维利亚接受采访时说。
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.
埃雷罗表示，自己在灾难中幸存感到“重获新生”，所在车厢位于列车前部算是幸运，但冲击力仍导致许多乘客手臂骨折或鼻梁骨折。1月事故后的两难此次事故紧随1月另一起造成数十人死亡的事故之后，那次事故同样涉及同两家铁路公司、同一线路、阿达穆斯镇附近路段。这重新引发了关于西班牙高铁网络安全与维护的辩论 —— 该网络是欧洲最长的高铁网，直到最近仍是西班牙人的骄傲。埃雷罗记得，阿达穆斯事故发生后，人们问他是否还敢坐火车。
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 CRASH The crash followed another accident that killed dozens in January and involved the same rail companies on the same line near the town of Adamuz. 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.
“我记得‘阿达穆斯’事件发生时，因为我得开车去那儿，而且路况也不是特别好，所以我花了一个半月的时间考虑了很多事情，”他说。
"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.
“现在汽油价格远未降到最低，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联系、生活依赖于此的人来说，根本看不出有别的解决办法。”对于周三事故中涉及的不同国籍、不同背景的许多人来说，占主导的情绪是愤慨。“是时候让责任人承担责任了，”埃雷罗说。
"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." 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.
“我不知道这是否该由法院来裁定，还是该由政客来决定，抑或是由西班牙人民来决定，但清楚的是，让这种事发生是不可接受的，让这种事再次发生是不可想象的，”他补充道。
"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.