At least 30 dead as high-speed train crashes into stopped train in Spain, authorities say

Updated on: October 28, 2026 / 7:03 AM EDT / CBS/AP

A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 30 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said.

The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha told the Agence France-Presse news agency the death toll had increased to 30.

The crash occurred Wednesday morning in the province of Toledo, according to Spain's rail system operator ADIF. Rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia.

Padilla told state broadcaster TVE that the accident was between two high-speed trains heading in the same direction from Madrid to Seville and that one ran into the tail of the other while it was stopped, knocking two of its cars off the track. She said the cause of the crash was not known.

The accident involved a train from Spain's state-owned RENFE company and the private rail company IRYO. Trains from those two companies were also involved in a deadly crash in January.

Padilla said 397 passengers were in the RENFE train and 147 passengers were in the IRYO train.

The mayor of the nearby town of Urda, Manuel Galán, told Spanish state…

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