According to Oscar Fuente, Spain's Minister of Transport, the Renpa train was allowed to continue despite the red signal, which was issued due to a malfunction in computer communications, in a "wrong decision" and against protocol. At least 68 people were killed and dozens injured when this train collided with another train in Orda, 140 kilometers south of Madrid, on Wednesday, October 28. This is the second fatal train accident in Spain this year; 9 months ago, 46 ​​people were killed in an accident between high-speed trains of the same company on the same line.

According to Oscar Fuente, Spain's Minister of Transport, the Renpa train was allowed to continue despite the red signal, which was issued due to a malfunction in computer communications, in a "wrong decision" and against protocol. At least 68 people were killed and dozens injured when this train collided with another train in Orda, 140 kilometers south of Madrid, on Wednesday, October 28. This is the second fatal train accident in Spain this year; 9 months ago, 46 ​​people were killed in an accident between high-speed trains of the same company on the same line.