At Least 10 Killed as Two High-Speed Trains Derail in Spain

Two high-speed trains derailed late Sunday in Adamuz, in the province of Córdoba in southern Spain, killing at least 10 people, emergency services said. Rescue operations were still under way. Transport Minister Óscar Puente said that at about 7:45 p.m. the rear carriages of a privately operated train traveling to Madrid from Málaga left the tracks and spilled onto the opposite track.

A state-run Renfe train bound for Huelva was passing on that track and the crash caused the Renfe train's front two carriages to derail. The cause of the initial derailment is not yet known. María Belén Moya, head of Adamuz’s civil protection services, told Andalusian broadcaster Canal Sur that there were at least 10 people killed and more than 25 seriously injured.

Mr. Puente wrote on X that "the number of victims cannot yet be confirmed" and that "the impact was terrible." Paco Carmona, director of Córdoba’s fire brigade, which is coordinating the rescue effort, said emergency crews were prioritizing assistance for victims still trapped in the two most severely damaged carriages and trying to "organize an orderly evacuation of the victims." The regional government set up an advanced medical post at the crash site, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the government was working with emergency services to assist passengers, and ADIF said rail traffic between Madrid and several major cities in southern Andalusia would be suspended throughout Monday.

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