MADRID — A high-speed train reportedly slammed into the back of another stopped train in central Spain on Wednesday, Oct. 28, killing at least 64 people, CBS News reported.
The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha told Reuters the death toll had risen to 64. Earlier, 80 people were reported injured.
The crash happened in the province of Toledo, according to rail infrastructure operator ADIF. Rail service between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia was suspended.
An official told broadcaster TVE that both trains were traveling from Madrid toward Seville and that one hit the tail of the other while it was stopped, knocking two cars off the track. The cause was not known. One train belonged to state-owned RENFE, with 397 passengers aboard, and the other to private operator IRYO, with 147.
The mayor of nearby Urda, Manuel Galán, said civil protection officials asked the town to prepare a sports pavilion to receive passengers.
In January, 45 people died in southern Spain when a train jumped the track and hit an oncoming train.
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