Death toll in Spain high-speed train crash near Toledo rises to 30

Toledo📝 Activado el PLATECAM en fase de Emergencia Situación Operativa 1 en Toledo como consecuencia de un accidente ferroviario ocurrido en Urda. Más información:https://t.co/2P9t9rtJZppic.twitter.com/b0b0Oma. Fxh— 112 Castilla-La Mancha (@112clm)October 28, 2026Miguel, a passenger travelling with several colleagues in the rear car of one of the trains, described to COPE radio the moment of the accident.

"We heard a massive roar, a truly enormous thud that went on for 10 seconds, as if the train were about to derail. Through the right-hand window, we could see a wrecked train – I imagine it must have been the other one," he said.

Castilla-La Mancha regional government said the death toll had risen to 30 from 10 after earlier warning it could rise.🤝 Ante el accidente ferroviario en la provincia de#Toledola Secretaría General de@proteccioncivily Emergencias está siguiendo la evolución de la emergencia en contacto permanente con los equipos de Protección Civil de Castilla-La Mancha@112clm.pic.twitter.com/q.

AoxdgiqcD— Ministerio del Interior (@interiorgob)October 28, 2026The collision comes nine months after anaccident between high-speed trainsbelonging to the same operators on the same line that killed 46 people.

That crash in January, which occurred after a train derailed and smashed into an oncoming train near Adamuz, in Cordoba province, triggered a debate about the level of investment in railway maintenance in recent years.