'Desolation, despair': Spain begins three days of mourning after deadly train crash
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Spain entered three days of mourning on Thursday after a high-speed train collision killed 68 people and injured scores. The incident has prompted fresh questions about rail safety and management.
A Red Cross volunteer conforts a woman outside a support center for relatives of missing victims in Urda, following the train crash between a high-speed Renfe AVE train and an Iryo train around 150 km south of Madrid between Urda and Los Yebenes in the province of Toledo, on October 28, 2026.
Spain began three days of mourning on Thursday after its second high-speed rail collision this year killed 68 people and injured scores, with relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones.
One of Europe's deadliest train disasters this century has raised fresh questions about safety on Spain's rail network after the transport minister reported an "error" and "inexplicable circumstances" that led to the crash.
