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People holding the coffin at Andrés Gallardo's funeral in Isla Cristina, near Huelva

Video. Funerals held in Andalusia for victims of Spain's deadliest train crash

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Funerals for victims of Spain's train accident took place in Huelva province. Andrés Gallardo and David Cordon were among the mourned. The country is in national mourning with flags at half mast.

Services were held in several towns across Huelva province to remember six of the 43 people killed when two trains collided near Adamuz.

Among them was Andrés Gallardo, a 38 year old teacher, mourned in Isla Cristina, and David Cordon, a former footballer, whose funeral took place in El Polvorín.

In Aljaraque, residents gathered for a single ceremony for four members of the same family, where only a six year old girl survived.

Across the country, flags were lowered to half mast as Spain entered three days of national mourning, with senior officials visiting survivors and the crash site.

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