High-speed train collision in Toledo kills 30
Two trains collided in central Spain Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and forcing rail operators to suspend service across major routes.
By Luana Foster ·
Thirty people died when a high-speed train struck the rear of another train in central Spain on Wednesday morning.
The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha confirmed the death toll to the Agence France-Presse news agency. Authorities stated that the collision occurred in the province of Toledo. The accident knocked two cars off the track.
Spain's rail system operator, ADIF, said the crash involved two trains traveling in the same direction from Madrid to Seville. Transport Minister Padilla told state broadcaster TVE that one train hit the stopped vehicle. She said the cause of the crash was not yet known.
The incident involved a RENFE train carrying 397 passengers and an IRYO train with 147 passengers. Rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia following the crash.
Manuel Galán, the mayor of the nearby town of Urda, said civil protection authorities asked his town hall to prepare a sports pavilion to treat injured passengers. Regional president Emiliano García-Page wrote on X that he was traveling to the crash site.
The collision is the second major high-speed rail incident in Spain this year. In January, 45 people died when a train jumped the tracks and hit an oncoming train in the south. That crash was the deadliest in Spain since 2013.
Source: WFOR-TV
