Spain: Local authorities confirm at least 10 dead in train accident

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All right, four more on the latest on that story.
Let's turn to our correspondent in Spain, Sarah Morris.
Sarah, thanks for being so quick to respond to us here.
What do we know at this point on that collision?
So far, we know that two trains have crashed,
that one of them was traveling between Madrid and Seville.
The other was traveling in the opposite direction.
One was a state-operated train
and the other one was operated by the private company IRIO.
We know at least 10 deaths have been confirmed,
but some media are talking about as many as 39 deaths.
We do expect the death toll to rise,
particularly because of the speed that these trains travel at.
And, of course, this brings back terrible memories
of that recent train crash in January,
which also involved two high-speed trains,
and it happened on the line at Cordoba.
We don't know what the cause of this accident is,
but we do know that those traffic on the train line between Madrid
and Andalusia has been suspended
and that the emergency services are there doing
their best to try to find the injured and to save lives.
The most concerning bit for the families
of those passengers on board those two trains
is that two wagons appear, according to the reports,
to have plunged down an embankment.
And that is what happened back in January.
And just a reminder, in January, 45 people died in that accident
and there were many, many more injured.
Sarah Morris with the latest on that train accident in Spain.
One last word on this.
Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, posting on X a message saying,
I am shocked by the serious train accident in Toledo.
My affection, solidarity
and support to all the victims and their families.
I'm sure we'll be back with you throughout the day on this story.
Sarah Morris, thank you very much.
