Barney Jopson and Carmen Muela in Madrid
Crash near Toledo south of Madrid follows death of 46 in Andalusia rail accident in January
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Two high-speed trains collided in a lethal crash south of Madrid on Wednesday that left multiple passengers dead and injured as Spanish emergency services rushed to the scene. The crash close to Toledo in the Castile-La Mancha region had caused at least 10 fatalities, said a spokesperson for the regional government.
The collision came less than 10 months after 46 people died when two high-speed trains crashed in Andalusia in January. Wednesday’s crash prompted political parties to suspend most campaign activity linked to Spain’s general election on November 29. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he was “deeply saddened” by the accident.
Esther Padilla, spokesperson for the Castile-La Mancha government, said: “There are at least 10 fatalities so far, and that number may rise.”
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Jesús Pérez Martín, mayor of Los Yébenes, a town near the crash site, told TVE television: “I’ve been told it’s a serious accident, but I don’t have much more information. It was a rear-end collision, apparently between two trains.” The crash reportedly caused the derailment of carriages that then tumbled down an embankment.
This is a developing story
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