Spanish transport minister resigns days after deadly train crash
Puente said two fatal crashes in less than a year made it impossible to stay in office, after the latest collision killed 69 people.
- On Tuesday, Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente announced his resignation following a deadly train crash near Urda, Spain, dealing a political blow to Pedro Sanchez's embattled government.
- Last Wednesday, October 28, a Renfe AVE service travelling from Madrid to Sevilla slammed into a stationary Iryo train near Urda, killing at least 69 people.
- Within ten months, this marks the second fatal crash in Spain, following a similar tragedy in Adamuz, Cordoba province, that killed 46 people.
- Addressing lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday, Puente stated, "A transport minister in a country like Spain cannot continue in office." He did not specify a departure date.
- Puente emphasized he will remain in his post to tackle the crash's consequences and implement safety measures to prevent future accidents.
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Spain has been shaken by two major train accidents this year, and now Transport Minister Puente is drawing the political consequences. Furthermore, the government has decided on new measures to improve safety.
Just under a week ago, 69 people died in a serious train accident in the Spanish community of Urda. Spain's Transport Minister Puente then ruled out his resignation. At his hearing before the parliament, he surprisingly took the turnaround.
The resignation of the Minister of Transport, Oscar Puente, has occurred after two high-speed accidents in less than a year, with 115 dead, in a mode of transport now in question but which, since its start in 1992, has been the jewel of the Spanish railway system.
The Minister of Transport has concluded his four-hour appearance before the Permanent Council announcing his resignation and his resignation...
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