Ten killed in Toledo train crash
A RENFE service struck a stopped IRYO train this morning, derailing two cars and halting lines to Andalusia.
By Layla Fontaine ·
Ten people died after a high-speed train collided with the rear of a stationary service in the province of Toledo on Wednesday morning.
Esther Padilla, spokeswoman for the Castilla La Mancha region, confirmed the death toll to state broadcaster TVE. She stated that the figure would surely increase as authorities assess the scene. Rail operator ADIF suspended all service between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia following the impact.
The accident involved two trains traveling in the same direction from Madrid to Seville. The moving train struck the tail of the stopped service, knocking two cars off the track. Padilla noted that the cause of the crash was not yet known. The vehicles belonged to state-owned RENFE and private operator IRYO.
Padilla reported that 397 passengers were aboard the RENFE train and 147 were on the IRYO service. Local officials coordinated the immediate response to the injured. Manuel Galán, mayor of the nearby town of Urda, told TVE that civil protection authorities requested his town hall prepare a sports pavilion for care.
Emiliano García-Page, the regional president of Castilla La Mancha, posted on X that he was en route to the site. This incident follows a deadly collision in January involving trains from the same two companies. In that January crash, 45 people died when a train jumped the track and hit an oncoming service, marking the deadliest rail disaster in Spain since 2013.
