Live Updates: At Least 30 Killed in Train Crash in Spain, Officials Say

What the report says

A high-speed passenger train crash near Toledo, Spain, left at least 30 people dead on Wednesday morning, according to regional officials cited by The New York Times. The accident happened on a Madrid-to-Andalusia line between Mora and Orgaz and Urda, when one train rear-ended another and caused a derailment. Spanish rail authorities said two carriages went off the tracks and fell down an embankment.

The trains involved were identified by Adif, Spain’s rail authority, as a Renfe train and another operated by Iryo. Renfe said high-speed service on the route was suspended, and transportation officials asked passengers not to travel to stations for the line until further notice. Local reports said the Renfe train carried 397 passengers and the Iryo train about 150, though those figures were not independently confirmed in the article.

Emergency services, including a military emergency unit and Civil Guard officers, were sent to the scene. Eyewitness accounts in Spanish media described severe impacts, injuries and passengers escaping through windows before local workers arrived to help. The crash has renewed attention on Spain’s rail safety, coming months after a separate deadly high-speed collision in January that killed 46 people and raised concerns about the system.

The timing also gives the accident political significance: Spain is approaching early national elections at the end of November, and both Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo publicly expressed support for victims and emergency crews.