Spain: 46 dead after two trains collide

At least 46 people were killed and many others injured when two high-speed trains collided on Wednesday, October 28, near Urda in Spain’s Toledo province. At around 8:54 a.m., a Renfe AVE train reportedly struck the rear of an Iryo train on the Madrid-Seville line; two carriages derailed and went down an embankment. The death toll announced by Castile-La Mancha emergency services rose from 39 at 10:09 a.m. to at least 46 minutes later. Firefighters, Civil Guard officers, medical teams and the Military Emergency Unit were deployed, while Madrid sent reinforcements and opened a psychosocial support center at Atocha station.