Emergency services work at the site of a train crash between two high-speed units, a Renfe AVE train and an Iryo train around 150 km south of Madrid between Urda and Los Yebenes in the province of Toledo, on October 28, 2026. Image source, EPA
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The force of the crash saw several carriage fall down an embankment

ByGabriela Pomeroy
  • Published27 minutes ago

A high-speed train crash has killed at least 68 people and injured dozens more in central Spain.

It occurred when a train travelling from Madrid to Seville barrelled into another train - which was stationary on the tracks - on Wednesday morning. The force saw several carriages fall down an embankment.

The transport minister said a computer failure followed by human error caused the collision, which is one of the worst in Europe's modern history, and Spain's deadliest train disaster in 13 years.