Numerous others are injured following a high-speed train collision in central Spain’s Toledo province The crash happened shortly after 9am local time (8am UK time) on Wednesday between the towns of Los Yébenes and Urda, in the province of Toledo, after an AVE and an Iryo high-speed train collided.
29th. October, 2026, The Updated news is that about 68 people have been killed in the Train Collision.
Local authorities confirmed the death toll to Sky News as emergency services remained at the scene responding to the incident.
The accident involved an AVE high-speed train and an Iryo service. Spanish state broadcaster TVE reported that both trains were travelling in the same direction when one struck the rear of the other, causing two carriages to derail.
Sources from the 112 emergency services said two carriages tumbled down an embankment following the impact.
Spain’s rail infrastructure operator ADIF confirmed the incident took place on Wednesday morning, while rail operator Renfe announced that services between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia had been suspended.
The trains involved were travelling to and from Seville, according to reports.
Manuel Galans, mayor of the nearby town of Urda, told TVE that passengers had sustained injuries. Civil protection authorities had requested the town hall to prepare a sports pavilion to accommodate passengers affected by the crash.
Emergency medical assistance has also been dispatched to the scene. Antonio Sanz, Andalusia’s Minister of the Presidency, Health and Emergencies, announced on X that mobile intensive care units and a logistics support vehicle from the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) had been dispatched to help treat passengers.