On Sun 18th January 2026, a catastrophic collision involving two high-speed trains near Córdoba, in southern Spain, claimed the lives of at least 41 people and left scores more injured. The incident involved two premier services—an Iryo train and an AVE service—which collided while passing one another at high speed.
The sheer force of the impact was so great that aerial footage of the aftermath showed the train carriages coming to rest a significant distance apart. Emergency responders worked throughout the night to reach passengers trapped in the mangled wreckage. Investigators are currently looking at technical and structural cause - central to the probe is a 30cm gap discovered in one of the rails.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2qjy9l4yo
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