spain suffers fourth train crash in days after crane is hit on tracks

‘This one is crane somehow finding a way in front of the train,and those are unrelated to Adamuz,which is likely to have been a rail break.’

He said the most important questions over the Adamaz crash are what caused the potential rail break and why a rail failure was allowed to happen.

‘Only an investigation can answer that,’ he said.

Part of the other high-speed train involved in the crash ended up in a ditch down the railway embankment in Adamuz (Picture: AFP/Getty)

The official investigation in Adamuz is ongoing as teams search through the wreckage for the remaining victims.

Oscar Puente,the minister for transport,said yesterday that there is ‘undeniable possibility’ that the marks found on the wheels were due to a track defect.

Spain’s biggest train drivers’ union,SEMAF,has called a three-day,nationwide strike in response to the crashes. They demanded ‘all necessary actions to guarantee the safety of railway operations.’

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