Breaking: At least 10 dead as high-speed trains collide in Spain

Breaking: At least 10 dead as high-speed trains collide in Spain

At least 30 people have died in a crash between two trains in central Spain, officials say.The high-speed trains collided in the Toledo region on Wednesday morning, shutting down the line connecting ‌Madrid to the southern Andalusia ‌region, rail operator ‌Adif said."Traffic ‌on the Madrid-Andalusia ‌high-speed rail line ‌has been suspended following ‌a rear-end ‌collision between two trains," it said on X.Regional spokesperson Esther Padilla said the death toll was "very likely" to increase.She said 147 people were on board the Iryo train and 397 were on the Renfe train, and that several carriages had plunged down an embankment.In January this year 45 people were killed when an Iryo train derailed at high speed into the path of an oncoming train run by Renfe AVE, near Adamuz in southern Spain.Reuters/AP/ABC News

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