64 killed after two high-speed trains collide in Spain

In Spain, two high-speed trains collided near Toledo, killing 64 people and injuring 179 others.The collision occurred shortly after 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday in Toledo province, on the high-speed rail line connecting Madrid with Seville in southwestern Spain, according to the country's rail infrastructure operator ADIF. Rail services between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia were suspended following the crash.A Renfe train, carrying 397 passengers, rammed into a stationary Iryo train with 147 passengers and a baby on board. The impact derailed two carriages of the Iryo train, which plunged down an embankment, according to Spanish public broadcaster RTVE.
Spanish authorities initially reported 10 deaths, but the state-owned news agency EFE and other Spanish media later put the death toll at at least 64. Officials warned that the number of fatalities could rise as rescue workers reached passengers trapped in the wreckage.
Esther Padilla, a spokeswoman for the Castilla-La Mancha regional government, said two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers were traveling in the same direction when one struck the rear of the other, which had stopped. The impact knocked two carriages off the tracks. The cause of the collision was not immediately known.