El ministro de Transportes, Óscar Puente, califica de inexplicable que el centro de control permitiera al AVE reanudar la marcha con normalidad cuando el Iryo seguía parado
Al menos 64 personas han muerto en el accidente y otras 50 están heridas, según ha confirmado el ministro
Transport Minister Óscar Puente has described it as "inexplicable" that the Adif control center permitted Renfe's high-speed train to resume normal operation after the Iryo train remained stationary on the tracks. Puente learned of the accident just minutes before 9 AM and promptly traveled to Adif's control center in Atocha to gather details about the incident.
He arrived around 9:40 AM and has since met with technicians who had information about the collision to try and determine its cause. The rail accident, which occurred between Los Yébenes and Urda in Toledo on the Madrid to Andalusia high-speed line, resulted in at least 64 fatalities and over 50 injuries, according to official data.
The collision caused several carriages to derail, with some falling off a cliff. Over 540 people were traveling on the two damaged trains, according to initial government data from Castilla-La Mancha.
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