At least 39 people were killed and dozens more injured when two high-speed trains collided in Spain on Sunday evening, in the country’s deadliest rail disaster in more than a decade.
Carriages of a northbound train, heading to Madrid, derailed and were struck by another express train traveling south, near the city of Cordoba.
The northbound high-speed train, operated by private rail company Iryo, was traveling from Malaga to Madrid with 371 people onboard when its rear three carriages were derailed. They were struck by the front carriages of the southbound train operated by state rail company Renfe, officials said.
The collision, near the small town of Adamuz, about 360 km (223 miles) south of Madrid, caused both trains to overturn at speed, news agency EFE reported, with the front carriages of the second train plunging down an embankment.