Spain train crash kills 68 after control center mistakenly resumes traffic: minister
A rail collision in Spain that claimed 68 lives on Wednesday came after a train was ordered to go in "error" despite a technical failure that halted all services, the transport minister said.
A high-speed train crash in Spain's Castilla-La Mancha region has left 68 people dead, raising concerns about rail safety in the country. The accident occurred after a control center mistakenly resumed traffic while an automatic control system outage left 69 km of track without service. Transport Minister Oscar Puente stated that the decision to restart traffic, despite the system being down, was made by the control center and raised "inexplicable" circumstances.
A Renfe-operated train, traveling at a potentially lethal 200 km per hour, collided with a stationary train operated by private company Iryo, resulting in the devastating crash. Puente emphasized that the control center had ample time to rectify the error after making the resumption decision, but failed to do so.
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