Rail Collision: Ten Dead in Toledo Derailment

Ten people died when a high-speed train collided with a stopped rail car in the province of Toledo on Wednesday morning.

Esther Padilla, a spokeswoman for the Castilla La Mancha region, confirmed the death toll to state broadcaster TVE. She stated that the number of fatalities was expected to increase as rescue operations continue. The accident occurred on the line connecting Madrid to Seville, where both trains were traveling in the same direction.

Rail operator ADIF reported that the impact caused two cars to derail. Service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia following the crash. The incident involved a train operated by the state-owned RENFE and one operated by the private company IRYO. Padilla said the cause of the collision remained unknown at the time of the report.

Records show that the RENFE train carried 397 passengers, while the IRYO train held 147 passengers. Manuel Galán, the mayor of Urda, a town near the crash site, reported that injured passengers were being treated in the area. Civil protection authorities requested that the town hall prepare a local sports pavilion to accommodate those needing care.

Emiliano García-Page, the regional president of Castilla La Mancha, posted on X that he was traveling to the scene. This event follows a deadly collision in January when 45 people died in southern Spain. That earlier crash was the most severe rail disaster in the country since 2013, a year in which 80 people died in a similar incident.