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Protesters Clash With Police in Madrid After Deadly Train Crash
Police used pepper spray and rubber bullets as more than 1,000 people protested over the crash and demanded resignations, officials said.
- On Wednesday, October 28, 2026, a Renfe high-speed train collided with a stationary Iryo train near Urda, Toledo, derailing three carriages and killing 68 people with more than 100 injured.
- Audio recordings reveal control centre operators authorized the Renfe train to travel at normal speed without warning its driver of the stationary Iryo train ahead, despite earlier safety system failures reported at 8:41am.
- Transport Minister Oscar Puente admitted the control centre's decision to resume traffic was "inexplicable," while survivor Sebastian Herrero said he was "thrown against the seats" during the collision.
- More than 1,000 protesters rallied outside the Ministry of Transport on Wednesday night, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Puente as police deployed pepper spray and rubber bullets.
- Spain observed a national day of mourning on Thursday with flags at half-mast, as this incident marks the country's third deadly railway disaster this year, following two January accidents that killed 47 people.
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Spain has decreed three days of national mourning after the railway accident that caused at least 68 deaths and hundreds of injuries. Rescue teams have worked all night, in the light of the spotlight, to cut the wagons and remove the victims from the contorted beasts. Article National Doliu in Spain after the railway tragedy in Toledo. Violent protests in Madrid appear first in Romania TV.
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