“In Spain, as a result of the collision of two high-speed trains in the city of Adamus in the Spanish province of Córdoba, 39 people have already died.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: the EFE agency learned about this from sources close to the investigation, “European Truth”
Details: In addition, 73 people were hospitalized, 24 of them are in serious condition, including four minors.
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The head of Spain’s railway operator Renfe, Álvaro Fernández Heredia, said after arriving in the city of Adamus that “it is still difficult to assess the scale of what happened.”
He expressed “heartfelt condolences to the families and relatives of the victims of the railway accident.”
Several carriages of the Iryo train traveling from Malaga to Madrid with 300 passengers derailed and collided with the Alvia trainwhich was traveling in the opposite direction with 184 passengers on board towards Huelva.
Several carriages of the second train fell from a four-meter slope, which makes access to the accident site difficult.
Transport Minister Oscar Puente called the accident “extremely strange” and clarified that it happened on a straight section, that the road was repaired in May, and expressed confidence that an investigation would find out the reasons, reports El Pais.
Given the seriousness of the event, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez canceled all meetings scheduled for Monday, including meeting with opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijo.
At the beginning of October, two express trains collided in the area of the Slovak city of Rozhnyava, as a result of which 69 people were injured.
On October 27, a passenger train in the Czech Republic derailed after a collision with a truck between the towns of Belcice and Breznice, as a result of which six people were injured.