Toledo Train Collision Kills 10, Halts Madrid-Andalusia Service

Ten people died in a central Spain rail collision on Wednesday morning.

The crash occurred in the province of Toledo when a high-speed train operated by state-owned RENFE hit the rear of a stationary service run by private carrier IRYO. Both trains were traveling from Madrid toward Seville. The impact knocked two cars off the track. Esther Padilla, a spokeswoman for the Castilla La Mancha region, confirmed the death count of 10 to state broadcaster TVE. She stated that the total would likely increase as rescue efforts continued.

Rail operator ADIF suspended service between Madrid, Ciudad Real, and Andalusia following the accident. The collision left 397 passengers on the RENFE train and 147 on the IRYO train. Manuel Galán, the mayor of the nearby town of Urda, reported that civil protection officials requested a local sports pavilion be prepared to treat injured travelers. He noted that passengers had sustained injuries during the incident.

Emiliano García-Page, the regional president of Castilla La Mancha, posted on X that he was traveling to the crash site. The exact cause of the collision remained undetermined at the time of reporting. This accident follows a deadly crash in January where 45 people died in southern Spain. That earlier incident involved a train derailing into oncoming traffic and marked the deadliest rail disaster in Spain since 2013.