🇪🇸 Spain Health29 October 2026

Train collision kills 74 in Spain

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel

The death toll from the collision between two high-speed trains in Spain has risen to 74, from 69 previously. The Railway Accident Investigation Commission of the Spanish Ministry of Transport announced the new toll on Thursday, according to AFP.

The collision between two high-speed trains in Spain on Wednesday killed at least 74 people, according to a new toll from the Railway Accident Investigation Commission (CIAF), attached to the Spanish Ministry of Transport. The previous toll issued by the authorities in Castile-La Mancha stood at 69 deaths, reports Agence France-Presse.

The updated toll follows the initial estimates published on 28 October, which reported at least 68 deaths in the collision. The two trains were travelling at high speed in the Castile-La Mancha region, according to Agence France-Presse.

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The collision of two high-speed trains near Urda, south of Madrid, killed at least 64 people and injured 80, according to the BBC and P.M. News; France 24 reported 58 injured. Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente cited a computer failure in the safety system and a Renfe train being authorised to depart despite an active stop signal, France 24 reports. The trains were carrying 544 passengers, according to Le Monde.

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