At Least 64 Dead in High-Speed Train Crash in Central Spain - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Officials said 543 passengers were aboard the trains as investigators examined a possible signaling failure and services remained suspended.
- On Wednesday, October 28, two high-speed trains collided near Urda in Spain's Toledo province, killing 64 people and injuring more than 200.
- A Renfe train rear-ended an Iryo train, causing two carriages to derail and fall into a ditch as 543 passengers traveled aboard the two lines.
- Emergency services deployed firefighters, paramedics, and helicopters to the crash site while investigators examined reports of a safety system failure that preceded the collision.
- Rail services between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia remain suspended following the collision that derailed two carriages into a ditch.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Pedro extended condolences, with the head of state writing, "A shocking disaster" following the tragedy.
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At least 64 killed in Spain high-speed train crash
New Delhi, Oct 28: The death toll in a collision involving two trains near Urda, south of Madrid, has risen to at least 64, according to officials as reported by BBC.The toll is feared to rise further. More than 500 passengers were travelling on the two trains, operated by private company Iryo and state-owned Renfe. Emergency services, including firefighters, paramedics and helicopters, were deployed to rescue survivors and assist the injured. O…
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Two high-speed trains collide in Spain: 64 dead, over 200 injured. VIDEO+PHOTOS (updated)
Two high-speed passenger trains collided near the town of Urda in Spain’s Toledo province on the morning of October 28. According to the latest figures, 64 people were killed, and more than 200 were injured.
On the 28th (local time), a high-speed train collision occurred in central Spain, killing at least 64 people. It has been confirmed that at least nine of the injured were South Koreans. According to Spanish media outlets such as El País and El Mundo, at approximately 8:54 a.m. that day, on a high-speed rail section 118 kilometers from Urda in Toledo province, Castile-La Mancha, a Renfe high-speed train (AVE), traveling from Madrid to Seville, re…
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