At least 68 people dead in Spain's second major train crash this year
- On Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, a state-owned Renfe high-speed train collided with a stationary Iryo service near Urda in Toledo province, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens.
- Transport Minister Oscar Puente reported a computer communications failure disabled safety systems, prompting an erroneous instruction for the Renfe train to proceed despite an active red signal.
- Emergency crews continue searching wreckage for survivors and bodies while the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha confirmed 58 people require hospital treatment.
- The Royal Spanish Football Federation suspended all 24 Copa del Rey matches scheduled for Wednesday as a "mark of respect," while rail operator ADIF halted traffic on the Madrid-Andalusia corridor indefinitely.
- This marks Spain's second major high-speed rail crash this year, following a January accident near Adamuz that killed 46 people and deepened concerns about rail liberalization and maintenance adequacy.
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Emergency services attend to the victims at the scene of a collision between two trains in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Manu Fernandez. By Joseph Wilson And Iain Sullivan Was Spain’s second major train collision this year caused by human error or does it show severe cracks in its once touted high-speed rail network? Spain’s transport minister has laid most of the blame on a traffic controller’s poor judgment…
A new wave of pain and consternation shakes Spain. On this occasion, a railway accident has shocked the country and left at least 74 dead and dozens injured, according to the latest report released on Thursday by the Rail Accident Investigation Commission, under the Ministry of Transport. The accident occurred in the vicinity of Urda, in the province of Toledo, about 120 kilometers from Madrid, when two high-speed trains covering the Madrid-Sevi…
The wife of world champion Marc Cucurella was on the train following the fatal collision in Spain. "Under the shock," she testified on her social networks.
Pillar of the socialist campaign, the minister of transport Óscar Puente is very fragile by the tragedy of Urda, which caused the death of at least 69 people. It is the whole equation of the electoral campaign that is changed, one month from the election.
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