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Train accident in Spain: At least ten dead and numerous injured
When two high-speed trains collide, two carriages fall down an embankment. The train accident brings back memories of the disaster in January. more...
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dpa/rtr | The death toll has risen to at least 30 after two high-speed trains collided south of Madrid. The regional government of Castile-La Mancha announced this on Wednesday. There are also numerous injuries and the death toll could rise.
In the accident near Urda in Toledo province, two wagons of a train belonging to the private railway company Iryo derailed. According to information from the television station RTVE, the wagons fell down a railway embankment. The second train comes from the state railway company Renfe.
Rail traffic between Madrid and Andalusia was interrupted in both directions, as announced by the Spanish rail network operator Adif. The cause of the collision was initially unclear.
According to media reports, the accident occurred shortly before 9:00 a.m. A high-speed train rammed another from behind as both were traveling south to Andalusia, Adif circles said.
“Shocked by the serious train accident in Toledo,” wrote Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on X. He expressed his condolences to those affected and their families.
The accident brings back memories of the serious train accident near Adamuz in Andalusia in January this year. At that time, an Iryo high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming Renfe train. 46 people were killed in the accident and more than 150 were injured.