Spanish Train Disaster Came After Train Ordered to Go in Error: Minister
Investigators are reviewing signaling and control-center failures after the rear-end crash killed 68 people and injured about 80, officials said.
- Two trains collided near Madrid on Wednesday morning, killing at least 68 people and injuring 58, according to emergency services in one of Europe's deadliest rail disasters this century.
- Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente said an official in the national railway control center in Madrid 'inexplicably' instructed one high-speed train to proceed along a track where another had stalled.
- Despite the January Adamuz accident that killed 46 people, Puente defended the system, stating, 'We have a safe rail system, comparable to those of other countries in our region.'
- Far-Right Vox leader Santiago Abascal slammed the government, writing, 'I will not rest until this government, which is a criminal organization, is in the dock answering for its crimes.'
- An anonymous Socialist Party lawmaker said the tragedy 'inevitably upends the campaign and deals a blow to Sánchez,' noting the opposition will leverage it as they did the Adamuz accident.
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The control system was knocked out and two high-speed trains stopped. Shortly afterwards, one crashed into the other, killing 68 people. In between, 17 minutes passed, which raises difficult questions.
One train stands, another arrives at high speed. At least 68 people died in the severe train accident in Spain. There are first findings about the cause of the accident: Apparently human failure played a role.
At least 68 people were killed and more than 100 others injured in the collision on Wednesday of two high-speed trains about 150 km south of Madrid. A three-day mourning was
Death toll rises to 68 in Spain high-speed train collision
The death toll from a collision between two high-speed trains in central Spain has risen to 68, according to regional authorities. More than 180 others were injured. The trains collided at 8:54 a.m. local time on Wednesday near the station in Urda, in Toledo province, as they traveled from Madrid to Seville, according to Spanish […]
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