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Spain reckons with second deadly train crash of the year ahead of national election

  • On Thursday, families searched for missing loved ones more than 24 hours after two high-speed trains collided in central Spain, killing at least 69 and injuring about 180 people.
  • This marks the second high-speed rail disaster this year; a January collision in southern Spain killed 46 people, despite the network operating safely for three decades prior.
  • In Castilla-La Mancha, more than 2,000 volunteers assisted survivors, while residents of Urda provided food and transportation for passengers from the town of about 2,500 people south of Madrid.
  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told reporters the government is working to "shed light on the tragedy, and strengthen security so that this never happens again." Construction worker David Gómez described helping survivors escape through train windows.
  • Desperate for information, relatives flooded social media with photos and seat numbers to locate missing passengers, while actor César Vicente traveled 495 kilometers from Seville to Toledo searching for his father.
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The premier after the collision between two trains: "Importable to witness two accidents of this magnitude in a year." The victims are 69. L'articolo Spain, Sánchez: "The confidence in high speed has failed" proviene da La Verità.

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Authorities have received reports of seventy people missing after the Urda train crash, Emiliano García-Page, president of the Castilla-La Mancha region, said at a press conference on Friday following a meeting of the rescue coordination body in Toledo.

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After the train accident in Spain with at least 69 deaths, the authorities continue to work on identifying the victims.

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