Overview
- Spain’s Interior Ministry confirmed at least 21 fatalities, and RTVE reported about 100 injured, including roughly 25 in serious condition.
- Adif said the accident occurred around 6:40pm local time near Adamuz, roughly ten minutes after the Málaga–Madrid service departed Córdoba.
- The derailed Iryo 6189 Málaga–Madrid train, carrying more than 300 passengers, crossed into the path of a Renfe Madrid–Huelva service with about 100 aboard, and both trains left the tracks.
- Firefighters described twisted carriages with people trapped as emergency teams deployed mobile intensive care units and multiple ambulances to extract and stabilize passengers.
- High‑speed services between Madrid and Andalusia are suspended through at least Monday as investigators prepare to analyze on‑board data and examine the crash site.