Spain Passenger Train Derails, Killing at Least 35
A passenger train derailed on a high-speed stretch of track in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, killing at least 35 people and leaving dozens injured in the country’s worst rail accident in decades, officials said.
Officials gave different death tolls in the immediate aftermath of the accident. Alberto Nunez Feijoo, president of the region of Galicia, said at least 35 people aboard the train were killed.
State-owned train operator Renfe said in a statement that 218 passengers and an unspecified number of staff were on board at the time of the accident. Renfe said the derailment happened at 8:41 p.m. along a high-speed section that had been inaugurated just two years ago.
King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, a native of Galicia, both offered their condolences.
This article appeared in print on page 2 of edition of Hamodia.
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