Spain train crash: rescuers search wreckage near Toledo
Rescue workers are searching through twisted metal after a high-speed train collision near Toledo, Spain. The crash happened shortly before 9am on the Madrid–Seville line. A Renfe AVE train carrying 397 passengers hit the back of an Iryo train that had stopped because of a signal fault. Two carriages came off the tracks. The Iryo train had 147 people on board, including a baby.
Around 100 members of Spain’s Military Emergency Unit are at the scene with sniffer dogs. Civil Guard officers and firefighters are helping. Injured people were taken to hospitals in Toledo. Regional officials say 58 people needed hospital treatment, about 50 of them seriously. Ambulances arrived all morning, and police blocked the entrances.
King Felipe VI sent condolences to the victims and their families. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed solidarity and support. This is Spain’s second major rail accident this year; a crash in southern Spain in January killed 45 people.
