EU prosecutor office investigates fatal train crash in Spain
Summary
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating possible fraud involving EU funds for safety and communications upgrades on Spain’s Madrid-Seville high-speed rail line. The probe follows a fatal October 28 crash in Toledo that killed at least 69 people; Spanish rail officials have resigned, and the cause of the crash has not been established in the article.Key Facts
- The EPPO conducted investigative measures at Spain’s railway infrastructure manager, rail safety agency and Court of Auditors.
- The investigation concerns possible fraud in EU funding for upgrades to safety, signaling and communications systems on the Madrid-Seville line.
- Spain’s railway infrastructure manager, Adif, confirmed the EPPO visit and said it provided requested information.
- The October 28 collision in Urda, Toledo province, killed at least 69 people.
- The EPPO had opened a separate investigation after a January crash in Adamuz killed 46 people; the article gives no update on that probe.
- Transport Minister Oscar Puente resigned, and Adif President Luis Pedro Marco de la Pena also stepped down.
- Spain asked the European Union Agency for Railways to assist with the national investigation into the crash.
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