Extent of Spain high-speed train crash devastation shown in aerial footage

29 Oct 2026 • 7:34 PM MYT
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Extent of Spain high-speed train crash devastation shown in aerial footage

Aerial footage shows the aftermath of a deadly high-speed train collision in Toledo, Spain, on Wednesday, 28 October.

At least 68 people were killed and 77 people were injured in the country’s second major rail crash this year.

Police are questioning staff at a control centre.

The cause of the collision, which involved a Renfe and an Iryo high-speed train, has not been confirmed.

Footage released by the Guardia Civil, one of Spain's law enforcement agencies, showed a derailed train with at least one carriage on an elevated section of track.

Castilla-La Mancha region spokesperson Esther Padilla said 147 people were travelling on the Iryo train and 397 on the Renfe train.

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