Two high-speed trains collide in Spain, killing at least 68 people
Summary
Two high-speed trains collided on Wednesday, 28 October, near Toledo in Spain's central Castilla-La Mancha region, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens. Euronews and Le Monde put the toll at 69. Spain's transport minister called the error 'inexplicable'. Reports say one high-speed train was ordered to proceed past a red signal at full speed after an IT or signalling failure had halted several trains on the Madrid-Seville line, and it ran into another train stopped ahead on the same track. Euronews reported that Adif's control centre authorised an AVE to resume its journey, and The Guardian reported that audio appears to point to the control centre, though questions remain about signalling and technical issues. Authorities have blamed both system issues and human error. It is the second deadly high-speed collision on the line within about a year, after a January crash that killed 46 people, which is likely to revive questions about rail safety in Spain. Investigators are examining what caused the collision.
Timeline
ABC
Source ↗ABC reported that at least 68 people died after one high-speed train was ordered to proceed past a red signal at full speed and collided with another train stopped ahead on the track.
BBC
Source ↗BBC reported that a moving train crashed into another stopped further up the track, killing at least 68 people, and that the transport minister said the error was 'inexplicable'.
France 24
Source ↗France 24 reported that a train was ordered to go in error despite a technical failure that had halted all services, and that the collision came after a January high-speed crash that killed 46 people.
Le Monde
Source ↗Le Monde reported that the collision near Toledo, which killed at least 68 people, is believed to have been caused by a computer failure followed by human error, and quoted the transport minister calling the accident 'unthinkable'.
NBC News
Source ↗NBC News reported that the transport minister said it was 'inexplicable' how the disaster happened when a high-speed train rear-ended another train that had stopped on the same track, killing at least 68 people.
TIME
Source ↗TIME reported that a high-speed train slammed into another on Wednesday, killing at least 69 people and injuring dozens in the country's second deadly rail collision this year.
The Hindu
Source ↗The Hindu reported that authorities have so far blamed both system issues and human error for the crash, which killed 68 people, and that Spain had not seen such fatal incidents on its dedicated high-speed lines since the network opened in 1992 until this year.
Le Monde
Source ↗Le Monde reported that the collision, which killed 69 people, came less than a year after a deadly accident on the same line, and that Spanish media called it an 'unbearable tragedy' that upends the campaign for the early legislative elections on 29 November.
Euronews
Source ↗Euronews reported that an IT failure halted several trains on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line, but the crash came after Adif's control centre authorised an AVE to resume its journey, and that the collision killed 69 people.
The Straits Times
Source ↗The Straits Times reported that the 28 October crash was the second in nine months on the line and killed at least 68 people.
The Guardian
Source ↗The Guardian reported that both trains had been halted earlier when the signalling system failed, that the AVE driver was told by controllers to restart the journey before hitting the Iryo train ahead, and that audio appears to point to the control centre.
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