Dozens feared dead after two high-speed trains collide in Spain
- On Wednesday, a high-speed train collision in Urda, Spain, killed at least 64 people, with Prime Minister Mark Carney confirming at least two Canadians were injured in the accident.
- The crash occurred just before 9 a.m. when a state-owned RENFE train struck a stopped IRYO train traveling from Madrid to Seville in the province of Toledo.
- Rescue workers continue to search the wreckage for survivors near Toledo, while regional government officials confirmed 58 people required hospital treatment following the impact.
- Carney expressed Canada's solidarity with victims, promising assistance as needed; rail service between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia remains suspended following the accident.
- Until this year, Spain's high-speed rail network had experienced no fatal crashes since opening in 1992, but the system now faces scrutiny after two deadly accidents within months.
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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.
At least 68 killed after high-speed train slams into another train in Spain
At least 68 people were killed Wednesday when a high-speed train crashed into the back of another train in central Spain, officials said. It is one of the deadliest train crashes in the country’s history, The New York Times reported.
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