Overview
- Adif reports that at 19:39 an Iryo Málaga–Madrid service derailed at the Adamuz switches, crossed onto the adjacent track and struck a Renfe Alvia train bound for Huelva.
- Emergency services say at least 39 bodies have been recovered and well over 100 people are injured, with several dozen hospitalized in serious condition, and the toll remains provisional.
- The Madrid–Andalusia high‑speed corridor is suspended, and authorities caution that service restoration could take days to weeks.
- Investigators are examining a possible failed rail joint among early hypotheses, as the transport minister called the event “extremely strange” on a straight, recently renewed section with nearly new rolling stock.
- Iryo and Renfe have activated hotlines for families, and overnight evacuations and triage have concluded as recovery teams secured the crash site.