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Spain train crash: at least 64 dead after collision in Toledo province

Spain train crash: at least 64 dead after collision in Toledo province

High-speed service travelling from Madrid to Seville runs into back of another, knocking two carriages off track

At least 64 people have been killed after two high-speed trains collided in Toledo province in central Spain, in the country’s second major train accident this year.

The trains were travelling in the same direction on the line from the Spanish capital, Madrid, to Seville in the south-west of the country. One ran into the tail of the other that had stopped, knocking two of its cars off the track. Authorities said the cause of the crash was not yet known.

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