Up to 20 dead in Spanish train crash: media

An employee of the Spanish National Railway Company (RENFE) is seen on the tracks in Valencia on June 23, 2010. Between 15 and 20 people have died after a train derailed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday, according to the El Pais and El Mundo dailies. (AFP/File)

Between 15 and 20 people have died after a train derailed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday, according to the El Pais and El Mundo dailies.

The Renfe railway company earlier spoke of "several dead and injured" in the accident near the city of Santiago de Compostela, but could not immediately give a precise toll.