Overview
- The actor César Vicente announced on Friday that his father, César Vicente Sanz, died in the train collision and posted an emotional Instagram message thanking him and promising to honor his legacy.
- La Vanguardia reports that the father, who was traveling on the AVE from Madrid to Seville in seat 13A of carriage 8, was found among the wreckage of the carriage.
- Hours after the Wednesday crash near Urda (Toledo), dozens of relatives gathered at the Casa Sacerdotal in Toledo to wait for news while recovery teams worked at the site.
- During the search the actor said he and his family received false, AI‑generated reports about his father, a phenomenon that added to relatives’ distress and complicated information flows.
- The collision between an AVE and an Iryo left many people missing and families awaiting identification and recovery updates, and the case is raising urgent questions about how to prevent and verify AI‑driven misinformation after disasters.