UPDATED 17:34HRS.
The death toll has risen to at least 68 after a collision between two high-speed trains near Urda, in Spain’s Toledo. A further 58 people have required hospital treatment, while emergency services continue to search the wreckage.
Spain’s Transport Minister Oscar Puente has pointed to a serious failure in railway traffic management following a malfunction in the signalling system, after which the Renfe train was reportedly authorised to resume its journey while the Iryo train remained stationary on the track. The circumstances surrounding that decision remain under investigation. Rail services between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia have been suspended, as authorities work to establish the full circumstances of the collision.
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At least 30 people have been killed earlier today in a high-speed train accident in Spain earlier today. The accident took place in Urda, in the province of Toledo on the Madrid–Seville high-speed line.
Spanish press reports state that a Renfe AVE train caught up with the Iryo train from behind, subsequently colliding and causing the derailment of the carriages.
This is the third deadly high-speed train accident in Spain following an accident in Barcelona and Cordoba earlier this year.
This article will be update with more details.
Feature image from RTVE (Spanish public broadcaster).
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