Train collision kills 74 in Spain
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel and Rádio Somos Todos Primos
The death toll from the collision between two high-speed trains in Spain has risen to 74, from 69 previously, according to AFP. Rádio Somos Todos Primos, citing RTP and the EFE agency, says the accident near Urda, in Toledo province, also left 50 people hospitalised and prompted 64 reports of missing people.
The CIAF, attached to Spain’s Transport Ministry, has raised the death toll from Wednesday’s collision between two high-speed trains in Castilla-La Mancha to 74, up from 69 in the previous toll given by regional authorities, Agence France-Presse reports. Initial estimates published on 28 October put the number of dead at at least 68.
The collision happened near Urda, in Toledo province. Fifty injured people remained in hospital and another 60 had been discharged, according to RTP and the EFE agency, cited by Rádio Somos Todos Primos. Spain’s Civil Guard received 64 reports of people missing, although no official number had been established.
Human remains were found between the carriages overnight, the president of the Castilla-La Mancha region said, warning that the toll could rise further. São Tomé and Príncipe President Carlos Vila Nova sent his condolences to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, according to Rádio Somos Todos Primos.
Updated 30 October 2026: The collision between two high-speed trains near Urda, Spain, killed 69 people and injured many others, according to regional authorities. Read: Train collision in Spain kills 69.
