At least 64 people were killed and dozens more injured after two high-speed trains collided and derailed in Spain on the morning of Oct. 28, local officials said.
The rear-end crash happened around 9:15 a.m. local time in the province of Toledo, just south of the country's capital of Madrid.
"Shocked by the serious train accident in Toledo," the country's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on X. "Emergency services are working on the ground to assist those affected and ensure their safety, in coordination with all the involved administrations. My affection, solidarity, and support to all the victims and their families."
Aerial footage from the crash site showed a derailed train with
several carriages remaining on an elevated section of track while wreckage could be seen on an embankment.
Aerial footage shows aftermath of Spain train crash
"In Urda, we continue working in coordinated fashion with the rest of the administrations on what is currently the most important priority: attending to the affected individuals and their families," Castilla-La Mancha President Emiliano García-Page wrote on X. "These are very tough times, and I want to express my gratitude for the work being carried out by the security and health services, as well as the assistance being provided by neighboring autonomous communities."
Second train collision in Spain this year
The collision comes on the heels of another deadly crash between high-speed trains belonging to the same operators on the same line, regional authorities said.
Forty-six people died in the crash in January, which took place after a train derailed and smashed into an oncoming train near Adamuz, in Cordoba province.
Contributing: Reuters
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