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Spain Train Crash Near Adamuz Kills At Least 39, Injures About 123

Authorities say an Irio service left the rails, entered an adjacent line, then struck another train, with the cause under investigation.

Overview

  • National broadcaster RTVE, citing security sources, reports 39 deaths and about 123 injured, including several in very serious condition.
  • Adif says a Malaga–Madrid Irio train derailed onto the neighboring track where another train was passing, leading to a violent collision.
  • Transport Minister Óscar Puente says the force of impact pushed the first two carriages of a Renfe train off the track.
  • Emergency units, including the army’s UME, were deployed, a field hospital was set up, and patients were transferred to hospitals in Córdoba and Andújar.
  • Videos from the site show a fire and wrecked carriages as rescue operations continue and officials update casualty figures from earlier lower estimates.