10 Killed as High-Speed Trains Collide in Toledo Province
Two trains traveling from Madrid to Seville were involved in the Wednesday morning crash, and the regional spokeswoman said the death toll will rise.
By Peter Graham ·
A high-speed train struck the rear of another stopped train in Spain's Toledo province on Wednesday, derailing two cars and killing at least 10 people, regional authorities said. Esther Padilla, spokeswoman for the Castilla La Mancha region, confirmed the 10 deaths and told state broadcaster TVE that "that number will surely rise." The crash occurred on a line between Madrid and Seville.
The collision involved 397 passengers aboard a RENFE train and 147 aboard an IRYO train, Padilla said. Rail operator ADIF suspended service between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia after the accident. Padilla said the cause is not known.
Two trains from RENFE and IRYO were also involved in a deadly crash in January.
Manuel Galán, mayor of the nearby town of Urda, told TVE that passengers were injured and that civil protection authorities asked his town hall to prepare a sports pavilion to receive them. Emiliano García-Page, regional president of Castilla La Mancha, wrote on X that he was traveling to the site.
In January, 45 people died in southern Spain when a train left the track and struck an oncoming train. That was Spain's deadliest rail accident since a 2013 crash that killed 80 people.
Source: Central Florida Public Media · original report published
