US EditionTwo trains collide after derailment in Spain; at least 39 killed
The collision involved an Iryo train and a Renfe train near Adamuz, injuring 122 people with 48 hospitalized, authorities said.
- On Sunday, January 18, 2026, two high-speed trains collided after Iryo 6189 derailed onto an adjacent track near Adamuz, Cordoba province, killing 21, Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente said.
- Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente said officials have not determined the causes and called the incident `truly strange` on a track renovated in May, with the derailed train less than four years old.
- About 300 passengers were aboard the Iryo service and roughly 200 on the Renfe train, with 73 injured taken to six hospitals and at least nine ambulances dispatched.
- ADIF suspended all Madrid–Andalusia services and cancelled Monday runs, the regional government of Andalusia activated emergency protocols, and Spain's military emergency relief units joined rescue efforts.
- Officials warned `We have a very difficult night ahead` as Andalusia regional emergency services rescued passengers using emergency hammers while local residents set up a reception centre in the village near Adamuz.
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At least 39 dead after train derails in Spain
(CNN, KYMA) - At least 39 people are dead after a train derailed in Spain Sunday. Emergency officials say at least 73 were injured, with about a third of those in serious condition. Officials say three carriages derailed when a train was bringing hundreds of passengers to Madrid. They say those cars crashed into a separate train, heading in the opposite direction. Video captured shows how carriages from that second train tumbled down an embankme…
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Roc or Flores, 30 years old, one of the survivors of the railway tragedy in Spain. Two trains are derailed near Adamuz station, near Cordoba, causing at least...
Spanish Train Crash Kills at Least 39
At least 39 people died after a high-speed train derailed and smashed into an oncoming train in southern Spain on Jan. 18, Spanish transport minister Óscar Puente said. Puente, who was en route to the crash site, said in a Jan. 19 post on X that the death toll could rise as rescue teams continued their work. The crash happened at about 7:45 p.m. local time near Adamuz in the province of Córdoba, about 223 miles south of the capital, Madrid, acco…
The first elements of the investigation point out that the last wagons of the Iryo train derailed, and then the other convoy, which was coming in the opposite direction, collided with them.
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