A collision between two high-speed trains in Spain left at least 31 dead The authorities of the Castilla-La Mancha region in Spain announced on Wednesday, October 28, that the number of victims from a collision between two high-speed trains on the route connecting Madrid with the southern region of Andalusia has increased to at least 31. According to Reuters, this is the second fatal accident on this train line in less than a year. A source familiar with the details of the incident told Reuters that the train, owned by the private company Irio, stopped near Toledo due to a fault in the signaling system ordered by Spain's railway infrastructure management company (ADIF). According to this source, another train belonging to the government company Ranfa (Ranfa) hit a train that had stopped at high speed and several cars of both trains derailed. Photos released by local Castilla-La Mancha television show that some of the derailed carriages are still on the elevated railway, and the metal parts and remains of the carriages are scattered on the slope below the railway line. The local authorities initially announced the death toll of 10 people, but this figure rose to 31 people as the relief operations continued. Miguel, one of the passengers who was in the last car of one of the trains along with some of his colleagues, told Radio Kopa that he heard a terrible sound that lasted about 10 seconds. He added: "We heard a roaring sound and very strong blows, as if the train was derailing. From the right window we could see a train wreck." Eduarda, another passenger on the Irio train, also told Radio Cadena Ser that the force of the collision threw him forward and that he first thought the train had applied an emergency brake. After leaving the train and going down the slope next to the train line, he encountered sights that he described as a disaster. According to this passenger, part of the train was hanging on a slope and one of the cars caught fire. "I saw the dead," he said.

A collision between two high-speed trains in Spain left at least 31 dead The authorities of the Castilla-La Mancha region in Spain announced on Wednesday, October 28, that the number of victims from a collision between two high-speed trains on the route connecting Madrid with the southern region of Andalusia has increased to at least 31. According to Reuters, this is the second fatal accident on this train line in less than a year. A source familiar with the details of the incident told Reuters that the train, owned by the private company Irio, stopped near Toledo due to a fault in the signaling system ordered by Spain's railway infrastructure management company (ADIF). According to this source, another train belonging to the government company Ranfa (Ranfa) hit a train that had stopped at high speed and several cars of both trains derailed. Photos released by local Castilla-La Mancha television show that some of the derailed carriages are still on the elevated railway, and the metal parts and remains of the carriages are scattered on the slope below the railway line. The local authorities initially announced the death toll of 10 people, but this figure rose to 31 people as the relief operations continued. Miguel, one of the passengers who was in the last car of one of the trains along with some of his colleagues, told Radio Kopa that he heard a terrible sound that lasted about 10 seconds. He added: "We heard a roaring sound and very strong blows, as if the train was derailing. From the right window we could see a train wreck." Eduarda, another passenger on the Irio train, also told Radio Cadena Ser that the force of the collision threw him forward and that he first thought the train had applied an emergency brake. After leaving the train and going down the slope next to the train line, he encountered sights that he described as a disaster. According to this passenger, part of the train was hanging on a slope and one of the cars caught fire. "I saw the dead," he said.