The death toll from the train crash in southern Spain continues to rise as officials are left perplexed by the cause, but rule out sabotage.

Ana García and her sister were traveling from Malaga in southern Spain to Madrid when their train car derailed and crashed in one of the country’s worst railway tragedies.

MADRID, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A six-year-old girl was found walking alone along the ‌tracks ​on Sunday night after her parents, brother and ‌cousin all died in the high-speed crash between two trains in southern Spain. She had been ​on a family outing to see the Lion King musical in Madrid.

Her parents, brother and cousin were killed in the collision, but the girl was found walking barefoot on the tracks. She's being cared for by grandparents after receiving three stitches in her head.

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