{"id":817363,"date":"2026-10-29T07:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817363\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T07:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:56:09","slug":"spain-begins-mourning-period-after-deadly-train-crash-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817363\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain begins mourning period after deadly train crash | Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain has begun three days of mourning after a high-speed rail collision \u2013 its second this year \u2013 killed 68 people and injured scores, with relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones.<\/p>\n

The trains, one from Spain\u2019s state-owned Renfe and the other from the private rail company Iryo, were travelling on Wednesday morning in the same direction on the line that stretches from the Spanish capital, Madrid, to the southern region of Andalusia. After the Iryo train came to a halt, the other slammed into its rear, knocking several carriages off the track near the town of Urda.<\/p>\n

Officials said on Wednesday another 107 people had needed medical treatment in hospital, including 15 who were in a serious condition.<\/p>\n

The disaster has raised fresh questions about safety on Spain\u2019s rail network after the transport minister reported an \u201cerror\u201d and \u201cinexplicable circumstances\u201d that led to the crash.<\/p>\n

Emergency services combed through the wreckage overnight to find further victims, hoisting pieces of mangled metal with cranes, according to Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n

Emiliano Garc\u00eda-Page, the leader of the Castilla-La Mancha regional government, told reporters on Wednesday that more victims were likely as \u201cit has not yet been possible to reach the bottom of the carriages\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Civil Guard has set up four offices in the cities of Madrid, Toledo, C\u00f3rdoba and Seville to enable relatives to provide DNA samples and help identify victims. Blood donation points have also been set up in Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid.<\/p>\n

A school in the nearby village of Urda, around 130km (80 miles) south of Madrid, is being used to allow relatives to enquire about their loved ones. Teams of Red Cross workers offered support to groups of people who arrived, some of them in tears.<\/p>\n

Red Cross psychologist Carmen Garcia said \u201clong and hard hours\u201d were in store because \u201cevery person will manage it in their own way\u201d. \u201cWe have people who are in shock, who haven\u2019t taken on board what has happened, angry people, sad, worried people. The grieving will be complicated,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n

In January, 46 people were killed<\/a> and dozens more injured after two trains \u2013 again, one from Renfe and one from Iryo \u2013 collided on the same line near the town of Adamuz in Andaluc\u00eda.<\/p>\n

The prime minister, Pedro S\u00e1nchez, said it was \u201cunacceptable for a country like Spain to suffer two high-speed train accidents in the same year, as we have\u201d.<\/p>\n

The causes of the accident were under investigation, he added. If it emerged that it was due to failures in the security system or negligence, these shortcomings would be addressed with the \u201cutmost severity\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

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The first victims to be named included a 31-year-old Guardia civil agent, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Chac\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

The national law enforcement agency expressed its \u201cdeepest condolences\u201d to his family, friends and colleagues. Spanish media said the missing included a former minister for the People\u2019s party and several foreigners who were likely on holiday in the country.<\/p>\n

The opposition People\u2019s party leader, Alberto N\u00fa\u00f1ez Feij\u00f3o, called for an immediate investigation into what had happened, as well as a \u201ccomplete and independent review\u201d of Spain\u2019s entire rail network. \u201cSpain has the right to know what is going on with its infrastructure,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

With Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain has begun three days of mourning after a high-speed rail collision \u2013 its second this year \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-817363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}