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Two high-speed trains have collided in Spain killing at least 10 people, according to Spanish state media and other reports.
Spain’s rail system operator ADIF said that the accident, involving an AVE train operated by Spain’s state-owned RENFE company and the private rail company IRYO, occurred Wednesday morning in the province of Toledo.
Esther Padilla, spokesperson for the government of Castilla-La Mancha, told state broadcaster TVE that "the number of deaths is going to increase," describing the incident as "of significant gravity".
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Health Minister Mónica García told TVE that authorities do not yet have a confirmed total for the number of deaths or injuries. She said Madrid had offered Castilla-La Mancha all necessary assistance to transfer victims to hospitals in the capital.
"We do not have a figure, but it is going to be a major tragedy," she reiterated.
Jesús Jerónimo, 54, who was traveling in the second carriage of the AVE train bound for Seville, described the moment the incident took place
He told El Pais: "People were thrown from the train. We thought we had derailed. Then, little by little, we got out and saw that our train was tilted. There were many injured people and a lot of people shaken up. I saw papers on the floor and a child who was fine."
A spokesman for Adif told Newsweek: "At kilometre point 118, the incident involved two trains, one an Iryo service and the other an AVE service, which were travelling on the same Madrid-Seville route. Rail traffic is currently suspended."
"All Guardia Civil patrols have already been deployed to the area," a Guardia Civil Toledo spokesman told Newsweek. "Several carriages have derailed, and we are currently working at the scene so that we can provide further information."
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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