Overview
- Rescue teams recovered another body from a carriage on January 20, bringing confirmed fatalities to 41.
- More than 120 people were injured and about 40 remain hospitalized, according to local media.
- Officials reported that an Iryo high-speed train’s last three cars derailed into an adjacent track and were struck head-on by a national rail train traveling about 200 km/h.
- The crash occurred on a straight segment that was refurbished last year, and experts reported damage at a rail joint under scrutiny in the investigation.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the site, pledged full transparency in the probe, and declared three days of national mourning through late January 22.