Dozens dead in Spain after high-speed train slams into another stopped on tracks
Also reported by France24
Summary
A RENFE high-speed train struck a stopped IRYO train in Spain’s Toledo province, killing at least 68 people and sending 58 others to hospital, according to regional authorities. Transport Minister Óscar Puente said a computer failure disabled a safety system and that a central command center then ordered the RENFE train to move without speed restrictions; investigators were still examining the crash.Key Facts
- The collision happened Wednesday morning between Urda and Los Yébenes in Castilla-La Mancha.
- Both trains were traveling from Madrid toward Seville and carried hundreds of passengers.
- The RENFE train hit the rear of the stopped IRYO train, knocking two cars off the track.
- Rescue workers searched the wreckage for survivors and victims, while emergency crews took injured passengers to hospitals.
- Puente said a safety system stopped working because of a computer malfunction on a 63-kilometer stretch of track at 8:30 a.m.
- Puente said the central command center ordered the RENFE train to resume without speed limits, and the collision occurred at 8:53 a.m.
- Rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia.
- The collision was Spain’s second deadly rail crash of the year, according to the article.
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