Audio reveals exchanges between control centre and drivers before deadly Spain train crash
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Daily Mirror reports that two high-speed trains collided near Urda in Toledo province, killing at least 64 people and injuring dozens. It says emergency crews were reaching damaged carriages and authorities feared the toll could rise.
Reports give different death tolls. Newswire reports at least 50 deaths; Daily Mirror and Ada Derana (සිංහල) report 64; Hiru News, Hiru News (සිංහල), Hiru News (தமிழ்) and Ada Derana report 68 or 69; and Lankadeepa reports 70.
Sri Lanka Mirror reports that the crash happened on Wednesday morning in central Spain, when a train travelling from Madrid to Seville struck another train that was stationary on the tracks. Lankadeepa reports that more than 100 people were injured and that many were in serious condition; Daily Mirror and Sri Lanka Mirror describe injuries as numbering dozens.
Ada Derana (தமிழ்) and Ada Derana (සිංහල) report that Spain declared three days of national mourning. The reports provided do not include details on the cause of the collision or a further official account of what happens next.
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