Spanish officials on Wednesday said at least 30 people had been killed in a high speed train collision near Toledo.

Spain’s rail system operator ADIF said the crash occurred in the morning and that train services were suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia.

Spanish public broadcaster TVE reported that the accident was between two high-speed trains heading in the same direction and that one ran into the tail of the other, knocking two of its cars off the track.

The mayor of the nearby town of Urda, Manuel Galán, told TVE that passengers had been injured and that civil protection authorities had asked his town hall to prepare a sports pavilion to attend to passengers.

The mayor of another nearby village, Jesús Pérez of Los Yébenes, told TVE that it appeared that the accident was "serious”.

The regional president of Castilla La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, wrote on X that he is on his way to the crash site.

Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez has said on X that he was shocked by the serious train accident, and expressed affection, solidarity and support to victims and their families.

In January, 45 people died in southern Spain when a train jumped the track and hit an oncoming train.

The crash was the deadliest in Spain since a 2013 crash that killed 80 people.

The January incident shook the confidence the European country has in its extensive high-speed rail network. (Agencies)


Edited by Aaron Tam