García-Page reports 69 dead in Urda train collision
The regional president says the most seriously injured patients are improving as crews continue searching the crushed carriages.
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Alcance de trenes en Urda | Emiliano García-Page cifra 69 fallecidos y 180 heridos | RTVE Noticias
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- 0:00The presenters report a death toll of 69 and more than 180 injured.
- 0:46Survivors describe the impact and the initial assistance provided by local residents.
- 2:50Cebrián reports that over 700 personnel are deployed, with Civil Guard dogs searching carriages for human remains.
- 4:00The studio and reporter discuss the complex operations required to lift the crushed carriages.
- 5:53A judicial order moves the press away so forensic police can investigate using drones for three-dimensional imaging.
Castilla-La Mancha regional president Emiliano García-Page has put the death toll from the high-speed train collision near Urda at 69, with more than 180 people injured, according to RTVE Noticias, the news service of Spain's public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española.
The update followed an emergency coordination meeting in Toledo attended by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Transport Minister Óscar Puente and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska. The collision involved trains operated by Iryo and Renfe.
García-Page said 110 injured people had required hospitalization. Of those, 60 had been discharged and 50 remained in hospitals with injuries of varying severity. He reported that the most seriously injured patients were improving, while describing the catastrophe as having left Spain in shock.
At the crash site, reporter Pilar Cebrián describes a continuing search through the wreckage involving more than 700 emergency personnel. Civil Guard dog teams enter the damaged carriages to look for human remains, while a large crane works nearby. The report examines the difficult lifting operations needed to move the crushed train cars.
Footage recorded after the collision shows wrecked carriages, injured passengers and arriving ambulances and helicopters. Survivors recall the force of the impact and the help local residents gave before emergency crews reached them.
Cebrián also reports that a judicial order moved journalists farther from the immediate crash site so forensic police could carry out their investigation using drones equipped for three-dimensional imaging.
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