Marta Shahbazi is smiling and has dark eyes and brown wavy hair. She is wearing a red and white spotted shirt, open at the neck.Image source, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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Marta Shahbazi was on her way to an awards ceremony when the train crash happened

ByZoe Applegate
  • Published1 November 2026, 07:43 GMT
Updated 43 minutes ago

A University of Cambridge scientist died in the Spanish train disaster which killed at least 69 people, a research institute has confirmed.

Dr Marta Shahbazi was travelling on one of the trains involved in the collision near Urda, south of Madrid, according to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in the city, where she led a group of researchers.