# What we know about Spain’s second deadly high-speed rail crash this year

https://mins.news/en/item/120622

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-29 10:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/29/what-we-know-about-spains-second-high-speed-rail-tragedy-this-year?traffic_source=rss

> Officials blame a control-centre order for Wednesday’s collision in central Spain, which followed a failure in a critical train signalling system. At least 68 people were killed and about 80 injured when a Renfe train struck a stationary Iryo train.

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