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Spain demands answers as train disaster toll rises
Spain began demanding answers on Thursday after the toll from the country's second high-speed train collision this year rose to 69 people, with scores injured and distraught relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones. One of Europe's deadliest rail disasters this century struck south of Madrid on Wednesday morning when a service by state operator Renfe ploughed into the back of a stationary train belonging to private Spanish company Iryo. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid, Spain.
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A new and deadly railway accident in Spain. Tens of people died on October 28 following the collision of two high-speed trains on the line connecting Madrid to Andalusia. The president of the Spanish Government went to the site to attend to the emergency and declared three days of mourning in the country. It's the second fatal train accident in less than a year. For his part, the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puentes, said that the Spanish railway system is safe and does not rule out a "human error."
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♪ A high-speed train fired another convoy in the back of Urda (Toledo), south of Madrid. The Government of Spain points to a human error, after a reported failure in the automatic signalling system.
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Spain demands answers after deadliest train disaster in over a decade
At least 68 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after two high-speed trains collided south of Madrid.
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Spain high-speed train crash kills 68, injures over 100
A high-speed train collision south of Madrid killed 68 people and injured scores more on Wednesday, with the toll likely to rise, authorities said, in one of Europe's deadliest such disasters this century. The second such accident to strike Spain this year will raise fresh questions about the country's rail safety, with the transport minister speaking of an "error" and "inexplicable circumstances" that led to the collision. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Urda, south of Madrid.