REPLAY: Spanish Transport Minister gives press conference on train crash
Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente gave some details in a press conference.
Key points
- Two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided south of Madrid.
Spain's transport minister said one of the trains was told to continue its journey despite a "red signal" being in effect.
A high-speed train collision south of Madrid killed 64 people and injured scores more on Wednesday (October 28), with the toll likely to rise, authorities said in one of Europe's deadliest such disasters this century.
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