3 d. ago Preliminary report reveals likely cause of deadly Spanish train crash

Investigators have combed the area around the crash site for several days

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3 d. ago Córdoba train crash cause revealed after 42 killed and 150 injured as 'fracture' reported

A major train crash in Spain that saw 42 people killed and 150 injured has seen a preliminary report from the Railway Accident Investigation Commission (CIAF) reveal a 'fracture' in the rail

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5 d. ago Piece of metal found near deadly Spanish train accident may give clue into cause of crash

At least 42 people have been killed in one of Europe’s deadliest crashes

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5 d. ago Barcelona commuter rail crash disrupts service days after deadly Spanish train collision

A commuter train crash in Catalonia, Spain, has led to the suspension of rail services in the region

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5 d. ago The Angel of Adamuz: Curious boy, 16, became one of the first on the scene of catastrophic Spanish train crash that killed 42 then worked tirelessly to help rescue survivors

Julio Rodriguez, 16, who has been dubbed 'the angel of Adamuz' by Spanish media, was among the first on the scene following a collision between two trains near the city of Córdoba.

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5 d. ago Train derails near Barcelona days after deadly Spanish rail crash

At least 20 people have been injured after a train derailed near Barcelona.

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7 d. ago ‘We had to remove the dead to get to the living’: train crash shocks Spanish town

People in Adamuz rushed to help when two trains smashed into each other and say they will never forget what they sawJust after 2.45pm on Monday, a huge yellow-and-green crane lorry swung off the main road that cuts through the forested hills of eastern Andalucía and beetled down a track to begin picking up the enormous, wrecked pieces of Spain’s worst rail disaster in more than a decade. Behind it rolled a support lorry and a convoy of police cars.A few minutes’ drive away, between groves of olive and oak trees, lay the two stricken trains that had smashed into each other on Sunday night, killing at least 39 people and critically injuring at least 12 others. As investigators and Guardia Civil officers walked up and down the line by the twisted carriages, the nearby town of Adamuz was in the early stages of trying to process what had happened a few kilometres from its outskirts. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Europe’s deadliest train accidents in recent years as dozens killed in Spanish crash

At least 39 people are dead and more than 150 injured following a train crash in southern Spain

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7 d. ago Spanish train disaster victims flew through windows and were found hundreds of yards away, with more than 39 feared dead

Spain's Transport Minister Oscar Puente said the cause of the crash remains a mystery, calling the deadly collision a 'truly strange' incident because the tracks had been renovated just last year.

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