Dozens feared dead after two high-speed trains collide in Spain
- On Wednesday morning, a state-run Renfe train struck a stationary Iryo train in Spain's Toledo province, killing at least 68 people and injuring 58 others in the country's second fatal rail collision this year.
- The crash forced suspension of the high-speed line linking Madrid and Seville, marking the third rail disaster in Spain this year following a January collision between the same operators that killed 46 people.
- Emergency responders are combing through heavily damaged carriages between Mora, Orgaz, and Urda, while dozens of fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars assist operations at the rural crash site.
- Authorities in Castilla-La Mancha called for blood donations in Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, and Toledo to assist victims, while staff from the US Embassy joined the emergency response.
- Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he was "shocked by the serious train incident," canceling his agenda to focus on the crash while pledging support to victims and their families.
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A collision between two high-speed trains on the Madrid-Andalusian line caused at least 64 deaths and hundreds of injuries. Nine months after the Adamuz disaster, which had claimed the lives of 46 people, this new tragedy called into question the safety of the Spanish railway infrastructure and ignited the political debate one month after the parliamentary elections.
Dozens killed as two high-speed trains collide in Spain
At least 68 people were killed on Wednesday when a Renfe AVE high-speed train ran into the back of an Iryo train that was stopped on the Madrid-Seville line near Urda station, in the province of Toledo, according to the president of the Castilla-La Mancha region, Emiliano García-Page. Another 58 people were hospitalised, 15 of them in very serious condition, and authorities fear the death toll will rise.
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At least 64 people have died after two high-speed trains collided in central Spain on Wednesday, 28 October, with emergency crews continuing their response at the scene near Urda in Toledo province, south of Madrid. The collision involved two trains travelling on the Madrid-to-Seville route, with the impact causing carriages to derail and leaving a large-scale emergency response under way.... Read more →
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