At least 30 deaths have been confirmed so far from the collision of two high-speed trains near Toledo, Spain, today, October 28, according to the regional government of Castile-La Mancha, with Spanish media reporting 50 fatalities.
While emergency services continue rescue operations at the scene, the number of injured has so far exceeded 170.
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The accounts of survivors, as reported by Spanish media, are harrowing. Miguel, a passenger who was traveling with colleagues in the rear cars of one of the trains, described the moment of the accident to the COPE radio network.
“We heard a loud roar, a truly massive crash that lasted 10 seconds, as if the train were derailing. From the right-hand window, we could see a wrecked train—I imagine it was the other one” that was involved, he said.
“We heard a huge crash”
Other survivors also spoke to Spanish media outlets.
“Through the window, I saw one of the cars that had derailed, and it was completely burned out,” Patricia, a passenger who said she is pregnant, told the radio station COPE.
“I see a lot of people out here. Honestly, the people in the car acted with remarkable composure given the situation and helped me get out. We’re all here trying to make sense of what happened.”
“I could hear people screaming—it was horrible,” a 17-year-old female train passenger told a radio and TV station
. At the same time, a 17-year-old girl named Eduarda, who was traveling on one of the trains, told the radio station Cadena Ser that “chaos” reigned at the scene and that she saw victims lying under the trains.
“Many people couldn’t get out. I could hear screams… It was horrific,” she said.
“It was a disaster… I could hear people screaming in panic.”
The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha reported that the death toll had risen to 30 from 10, based on the previous tally it had announced, warning that it could risefurther.
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A Timeline of the Tragedy
The AVE high-speed train collided with an Iryo train that was stationary on the tracks. According to initial reports, the AVE train struck the Iryo train from behind, causing two of the latter’s cars to derail. According to initial reports, the two trains were carrying more than 400 passengers. The trains involved in the collision were operating on routes to and from Seville.
A source familiar with the tragedy told Reuters that an Iryo train had stopped near Toledo, following an order from the railway infrastructure operator ADIF due to a signal malfunction, when it was struck by a Renfe train.
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According to the newspaper El País, the incident occurred shortly after 9 a.m. (local time, 10:00 a.m. Cyprus time) between the towns of Los Yebenes and Urda, in the province of Toledo.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he was “shocked” by the train accident in Urda (Toledo) and expressed his “solidarity and support for the victims and their families” in a message posted on his X account. Sánchez noted that emergency services are working at the scene to provide assistance “to those affected and ensure their safety.”
The collision occurred nine months after an accident involving high-speed trains operated by the same company on the same line, which claimed the lives of 46 people. The January collision, which occurred when a train derailed and crashed into another train near Adamuz, in the province of Córdoba, had reignited public debate regarding the level of investment in railway maintenance in recent years.
The mayor of the nearby town of Urda, Manuel Galán, stated that emergency services had asked the city council to prepare emergency facilities, including a sports center, to accommodate passengers and the injured.
Source: Proto Thema
