Spain prepare crash: What we all know after two trains collide with dozens feared lifeless

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has mentioned “the entire of Spain is grieving” and that “lives have been shattered, households have been torn aside”.

“The ache is immense,” he mentioned on a go to to the crash website.

The authorities was “making an attempt to find out what was the origin of this tragedy, of this horrible accident,” he added.

“We will resolve this, and if there was any negligence, it can come to mild.

“If there have been failures within the safety system, they are going to be addressed with the utmost firmness.”

Sánchez and different Spanish politicians have cancelled all public engagements on Wednesday, together with campaigning for subsequent month’s parliamentary elections.

Spain’s royal household posted on X that it was “shocked and anxious” and expressed condolences for the family members of the deceased and people affected by the crash.

A spokesperson for the EU mentioned the bloc was prepared to assist Spain if wanted.

An enormous emergency response is beneath means with hearth crews and helicopters on the scene.

Hospitals within the space have suspended deliberate surgical procedures as they take care of an inflow of sufferers from the crash, Spanish media have reported.

A blood transfusion centre in Madrid has additionally appealed for “pressing” donations. In a put up on X, Centro de Transfusión mentioned it made the request “within the face of a attainable sudden enhance in care wants”.

It reported that amenities in Toledo, Ciudad Real and Alcázar de San Juan have cancelled procedures as casualties from the crash start to reach.

This is the second high-speed rail tragedy in Spain this 12 months.

In January a high-speed train derailed in southern Spain, its rear carriages going into the trail of a state-run Renfe prepare, claiming the lives of 46 individuals.