Spain train crash horror | Nearly 180 injured as death toll reaches 49 | Toledo train tragedy | N18

We're shifting focus to a tragedy in Spain; death toll has risen to forty-six after trains colliding here in Toledo, Spain. Two high-speed trains have collided in the country on the line connecting Madrid to Spain's southern Andalusia region. The collision comes nine months after an accident between high-speed trains belonging to the same operators on the same line that killed 46 people. That is a tragedy that's emerging from Spain, where now the death toll has now risen to 46 after trains collided near Toledo in Spain. And these are two high-speed trains which collided on the line connecting Madrid to Spain's southern and Illucia region. And the death toll continues to rise. And also questions being raised about train safety because this is something that has marred Spanish politics as well, because the entire modernization of the entire train network in Spain is something that has become a political hot button in Spain. And this kind of an accident has only escalated that kind of a war of words between the ruling government as well as the opposition. So the death toll has risen to 46 after trains collided near Toledo in Spain. So that's the big piece of news that's coming in when it comes to Spain, where this massive tragedy has jolted the entire country. The death toll has now Risen to Spain after this, after this clash near Toledo in Spain, and I'm joined by my colleague Griha Atul on the broadcast. Griha, what more details can you get for us? So, Ayushman, what we are learning right now, I was just reading through this tweet of Pedro Sanchez. He's also reacted and he said that he's shocked by the serious train accident in Toledo. And he's also in fact spoken about how he is in constant contact with the Minister of Transport there and also with the President. Emergency services, he says, are there on the ground, and they are working on the situation. But the problem essentially is a lot bigger, because this is not the sole train accident that one is talking about here. In fact, just in this year, we've had three major train accidents in Spain, and that is the area of concern. There has also been the union of these transport workers who have protested time and again in Spain. They've spoken about the conditions under which they are having to ply these trains, taking commuters to and fro. So they have raised these concerns on how serious checks and balances have not been in place when it is about the maintenance of tracks, the wear and tears. All of these details have already been with the authority and yet this disastrous train collision has happened in the Toledo area, very close to the Toledo area in Spain. And that is what is concerning. It has led to the loss of so many lives. In fact, we are also learning that even in the month of January, I was just mentioning Ayushma now, there have been three Train accidents in this just in this year in January, there were two high-speed trains that collided near the Adamus area; this is in South Spain's Cordoba province, and that had also killed more than 40 people. Also, the collision also happened at where at the tail end of the northbound train, so all of those details are now emerging. People are talking about the past accidents, including this one, as, and if you talk about what has happened this time around is... in the Toledo province, this train collision, these were two high-speed trains, happened between the towns of Mora, Orgas, and Orda. This is according to the railway infrastructure manager ADIF in Spain. So these are the details that have begun trickling in. We also learning that both the trains were traveling along the route connecting the capital city of Madrid with Sevilla in Spain's southern province. So this was the route that the train was straight both these trains were taking And when this collision was reported in the Tolivado area, the numbers of the death toll is only rising. You can only imagine through the visuals that we are constantly playing and putting out on the screens on the kind of impact this collision would have had and the high speed train that collided together. And this was a head-on collision. And we also learning that this crash has also killed one of the train drivers. And this was earlier also, in January, when this has led to a nationwide protest. So the protests have happened about the kind of security maintenance that's not being done. And we also, in fact, seeing other world leaders who are responding to this disaster, particularly Giorgia Meloni, where she said, and I'd like to quote her here from this tweet, that these are difficult hours for Spain. Italian government is also very close to Spain and Spanish people. They are looking at the dramatic railway accident that has happened near Toledo, she says. She's also said that my thoughts are with those who have lost their lives. The entire government will be going to the families of the victims, to the injured, and also to all those who are working tirelessly in the rescue operation. So far, Ayushmann, 49 deaths is the number that we have officially. 179 people, close to 180 people, who have been injured in this train accident. Right, thank you, Gray, for getting us those details. Tragedy hitting the nation of Spain, the debt now rising to forty-nine as well.