19 January 2026, 08:15 The incident is “truly strange” as it happened on a flat, recently renovated stretch of track, the transport minister has said
At least 39 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain, police have said.
The emergencies services earlier reported that at least 73 people were injured in the crash, with 24 in serious condition, including four minors.
The incident happened in the Adamuz municipality, near the city of Cordoba, in the country’s Andalusia region at 7:45pm local time (6:45pm GMT) on Sunday, according to rail operator Adif.
The tail end of a train traveling from Malaga to Madrid with about 300 passengers aboard went off track and crashed into an incoming train carrying 200 people from Madrid to Huelva, causing it to also derail, the operator said.
Rescuers have been deployed on site, removing all of the survivors from the overturned carriages by midnight, Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente said. However, he warned that the death toll could still rise, with the search for bodies continuing.
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