Spain reckons with second deadly train crash of the year ahead of national election
Investigators are examining a signal failure and a disputed order to move the Renfe train, while 57 injured people remain hospitalized, officials said.
- On Wednesday, two high-speed trains collided near Toledo, Spain, killing 68 people in the country's second deadly rail accident of 2026.
- Transport Minister Oscar Puente attributed the crash to an "inexplicable" command center order that sent a train forward despite an active "stop signal" after a security system failed.
- This disaster marks Spain's second fatal high-speed collision in 2026; a January crash killed 46 people, and before 1992 the network had experienced no fatal incidents since opening.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced three days of national mourning and pledged to strengthen rail safety, while opposition Vox leader Santiago Abascal accused the government of destroying "absolutely everything, including infrastructure."
- With national elections scheduled for November 29, the tragedy compounds political pressure on Sanchez, who already faced widespread protests over an octogenarian's eviction and housing crisis concerns.
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SapoTeams on the ground found another body in the rubble. In Toledo for an emergency meeting, the Spanish Prime Minister promised a thorough and thorough investigation and announced measures to help the families of the victims.
The rage began on Thursday to include Spain, still under shock, on the first day of the 72-hour national mourning, after the devastating collision between two trains that caused the death of at least 74 people the day before, being the second railway catastrophe in less than a year, reports AFP, quoted by News.ro.
The railway accident in Urda, Spain, left 74 dead, according to the CIAF; rescue work continues while the causes of the crash are being investigated.
One month before the parliamentary elections, the worst tragedy on the Spanish rail network since 2013 has re-launched on Thursday the questions about its maintenance and passenger safety.
BT
berlingske.dkThe accident involving two Spanish high-speed trains is one of the deadliest train accidents in Europe this century.
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