Train collision kills 68 people, Spain declares three days of national mourning Xinhua News Agency, Orda, Spain, October 28 (Reporters Gong Jhe and Meng Dingbo) Emiliano Garcia-Paj, chairman of the autonomous region of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain, confirmed to local media on the 28th. In a high-speed train collision near Toledo, the capital of the autonomous region, that morning 68 people were killed. Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez announced on the 28th in the country that the country will mourn for three days starting on the 29th to commemorate the victims of the train collision. Garcia-Pach said the number of victims in the accident has risen to 68, with dozens of people injured, and the death toll may rise. According to the Chinese Embassy in Spain, there were four Chinese citizens on the train that collided, and one suffered minor leg injuries. The Spanish Minister of Transport, Oscar Fuente, said on the afternoon of the 28th that the train collision was caused by a computer failure in the safety system of the railway network. According to Spanish media citing sources from the emergency rescue department, at around 9:00 a.m. local time, a traveling Spanish National Railways train collided with another Iljo train parked on the track near Toledo, causing a total of three cars of both trains to derail and fall down the embankment. The two trains left Madrid for Seville and carried a total of about 540 passengers. Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez said at the emergency command center near the train collision area on the 28th that the country will mourn for three days starting on the 29th to commemorate the victims of the train collision. Sanchez said, "All of Spain is in mourning." The government's current priority is to rescue the victims of the accident and their families, to do their best to search for survivors, and to provide material and psychological assistance to the victims. The Spanish government announced that it would conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident.

Train collision kills 68 people, Spain declares three days of national mourning Xinhua News Agency, Orda, Spain, October 28 (Reporters Gong Jhe and Meng Dingbo) Emiliano Garcia-Paj, chairman of the autonomous region of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain, confirmed to local media on the 28th. In a high-speed train collision near Toledo, the capital of the autonomous region, that morning 68 people were killed. Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez announced on the 28th in the country that the country will mourn for three days starting on the 29th to commemorate the victims of the train collision. Garcia-Pach said the number of victims in the accident has risen to 68, with dozens of people injured, and the death toll may rise. According to the Chinese Embassy in Spain, there were four Chinese citizens on the train that collided, and one suffered minor leg injuries. The Spanish Minister of Transport, Oscar Fuente, said on the afternoon of the 28th that the train collision was caused by a computer failure in the safety system of the railway network. According to Spanish media citing sources from the emergency rescue department, at around 9:00 a.m. local time, a traveling Spanish National Railways train collided with another Iljo train parked on the track near Toledo, causing a total of three cars of both trains to derail and fall down the embankment. The two trains left Madrid for Seville and carried a total of about 540 passengers. Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez said at the emergency command center near the train collision area on the 28th that the country will mourn for three days starting on the 29th to commemorate the victims of the train collision. Sanchez said, "All of Spain is in mourning." The government's current priority is to rescue the victims of the accident and their families, to do their best to search for survivors, and to provide material and psychological assistance to the victims. The Spanish government announced that it would conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident.