
At least 68 dead in Spain after one high-speed train slams into another stopped on tracks
By Katherine Langford
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URDA, Spain (AP) — Spain suffered its second deadly high-speed train accident this year when one train on Wednesday slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks, with the impact shredding cars and killing at least 64 people. The regional government for Castilla La Mancha confirmed the death toll and said another 58 people needed medical treatment in hospital. Rescue workers continue to search in the wreckage for survivors and bodies. The accident comes with memories still fresh of another crash between high-speed trains in southern Spain in January. Spain’s rail system operator ADIF said the crash occurred Wednesday morning in the province of Toledo. The accident was between two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers and heading in the same direction from the capital Madrid to Seville in southwestern Spain. One train, run by the state-owned RENFE company, ran into the tail of the other train owned by private company IRYO that had stopped, knocking two of its cars off