By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Yabiladi and TelQuel
No Moroccan nationals were among the victims of the collision between two high-speed trains in the Urda area, in Spain's province of Toledo, according to Yabiladi and TelQuel, which relayed an announcement by Morocco's Consulate General in Madrid. TelQuel specified that this toll was valid at 3pm local time on Wednesday.
A collision between two high-speed trains at Urda, in Spain’s province of Toledo, has killed at least ten people, according to authorities cited by AFP and IOL. Maghreb Emergent, however, reports 46 dead and nearly 180 injured, saying a Renfe train hit a stationary Iryo train. Services on the Madrid-Andalusia route have been suspended and an investigation has been opened.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: L’essentiel ·
The collision of two high-speed trains near Urda, south of Madrid, has killed at least 64 people and injured 80, several dozen of them seriously, according to the BBC and P.M. News. The trains were carrying 544 passengers and the cause remains unknown, reports Le Monde. TimesLIVE adds that a signalling problem may have preceded the crash and recalls that a similar collision killed 46 people nine months earlier.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: P.M. News ·
King Mohammed VI sent his condolences to King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia after the railway collision in Toledo, Spain. The Moroccan sovereign described the accident as terrible and expressed his solidarity with the Spanish royal family, according to TelQuel.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: TelQuel ·
After two high-speed trains collided near Urda, in Castile-La Mancha, killing at least 64 people, Spanish footballer Marcos Llorente criticised Transport Minister Oscar Puente for prioritising social media. His message called on him to focus on transport safety and ministerial responsibility, Seneweb reports.
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