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05-11-2026

Passenger helped save Washington student after Spain train crash

One of the California Polytechnic State University students seriously injured in the deadly train crash in Spain survived thanks to a fellow passenger. The passenger was thrown several rows toward 20-year-old Austin Hartman, pulled him from the wreckage and comforted him until medical help arrived.

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