Spain train crash: PM Sanchez vows to 'find out the truth'

· DW

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez promised to "find out the truth" as he spoke at a news conference near the site of the train crash in southern Spain. Regional officials confirmed that at least 40 people have died.

  • Spain's prime minister announces three days of mourning starting at midnight on Monday
  • Death toll rose to 40, the president of Andalusia, the Spanish southern region where the accident happened, confirmed
  • A high-speed train derailed on Sunday around 7:30 p.m. local time (1830 UTC), jumping the track and hitting an oncoming train
  • A train carrying around 300 people from Malaga to Madrid crashed into a train carrying around 200 people from Madrid to Huelva
  • Crash is deadliest train accident since 2013

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