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At least 10 dead in crash between 2 trains in central Spain, authorities say

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On Wednesday morning, at least ten people died when one high-speed train crashed into the rear of another stationary train near Toledo, central Spain. Rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia. The crash involved a RENFE state-owned train carrying 397 passengers and an IRYO private company train with 147 passengers. Authorities suspect that the accident may be related to issues affecting Spain's high-speed rail system following a similar deadly collision in January this year.

Written by AI on 2026-10-28, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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As of November 3, 2026, 69 people died and dozens more were injured after two high-speed trains collided in central Spain. The crash occurred around 9 AM local time on October 27 between the towns of Mora and Orgaz in the province of Toledo, about 150km south of Madrid. One train was a Renfe AVE service from Madrid to Seville, while the other was an Iryo train traveling in the opposite direction. The cause is attributed to human error by the control center in Madrid, which failed to inform the driver of the Renfe train that another train had stopped ahead on the tracks.

Spanish authorities confirmed two Australians among the fatalities. Emergency services reported injuries and asked local officials to prepare a sports pavilion for passengers. The rail operator ADIF suspended service between Madrid and Seville following the incident.

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Andalusia Ciudad Real Madrid Spain TVE

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Spain GPE · 6× Madrid GPE · 3× Andalusia GPE · 2× Ciudad Real GPE · 2× IRYO ORG · 2× Padilla PERSON · 2× RENFE ORG · 2× TVE ORG · 2× Esther Padilla PERSON · 1× La Mancha GPE · 1×

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Esther Padilla, spokesperson for the Castilla La Mancha region, said authorities can confirm 10 deaths, but that "that number will surely rise." Spain's rail system operator ADIF said the crash occurred Wednesday morning in the province of Toledo.

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🔮 Esther Padilla, spokesperson for the Castilla La Mancha region, said authorities can confirm 10 deaths, but that "that number will surely rise." Spain's rail system operator ADIF said the crash occurred Wednesday morning in the province of Toledo.

2026-10-28 · CBC News

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At least 10 dead in crash between 2 trains in central Spain, authorities say asserted

authorities → say → Spain

Rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 10 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said. asserted

authorities → suspend → Spain

crash → say → Toledo

Rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia. asserted

service → suspend → Madrid

Padilla told state broadcaster TVE that the accident was between two high-speed trains heading in the same direction from Madrid to Seville and that one ran into the tail of the other while it was stopped, knocking two of its cars off the track. asserted

it → tell → track

She said the cause of the crash was not known. asserted

cause → say → crash

The accident involved a train from Spain's state-owned RENFE company and the private rail company IRYO. asserted

accident → involve → company

Trains from those two companies were also involved in a deadly crash in January. asserted

Trains → involve → January

Padilla said that 397 passengers were in the RENFE train and 147 passengers in the IRYO train. asserted

passengers → say → train

The mayor of the nearby town of Urda, Manuel Galán, told Spanish state broadcaster TVE that passengers had been injured and that civil protection authorities had asked his town hall to prepare a sports pavilion to attend to passengers. asserted

authorities → tell → passengers

The regional president of Castilla La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, wrote on X that he is on his way to the crash site. asserted

he → write → site

In January, 45 people died in southern Spain when a train jumped the track and hit an oncoming train. asserted

train → die → train

The crash was the deadliest in Spain since a 2013 crash that killed 80 people. asserted

that → kill → people

The January incident shook the confidence the European country has in its extensive high-speed rail network. asserted

country → shake → network