ToledoAt least 68 people died when one train hit another.
It is Spain’s third fatal rail crash this year, after 46 died in January.
After a signalling failure halted traffic, a controller cleared the Renfe train past a red light at about 200km/h.
Transport minister Óscar Puente promised a full investigation into why the controller cleared the train.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 2050+ reports worldwide
- The New York Times leans critical
- BBC leans critical
- relays the Renfe driver's account and the minister's 'error' claim, with passenger Roberto Gómez describing the destroyed carriage
- CNN International leans critical
- ties the crash to both a computer failure and human error, putting the LZB safety system fault at the centre of the cause
Sources: The New York Times, BBC, CNN International