At least 10 people were killed when two high-speed trains collided in central Spain on Wednesday, Spanish media reported.
The accident occurred in the morning in the province of Toledo, according to Spain’s rail infrastructure operator ADIF. Rail services between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia have been suspended.
Manuel Galán, mayor of the nearby town of Urda, told Spanish state broadcaster TVE that passengers were injured and civil protection authorities had asked the town to prepare a sports pavilion to assist those affected.
TVE reported that the two trains were travelling in the same direction when one struck the rear of the other, causing two carriages to derail.
Jesús Pérez, mayor of the nearby village of Los Yébenes, described the accident as apparently serious.
Emiliano García-Page, president of the Castilla-La Mancha region, said on X that he was heading to the crash site.
The accident comes after a train crash in southern Spain in January that killed 45 people when a train derailed and struck an oncoming train. It was the country’s deadliest rail disaster since a 2013 crash that killed 80 people and raised concerns over the safety of Spain’s extensive high-speed rail network.