Two Australians are among the 69 people who died when two high-speed trains collided in central Spain last week, The Guardian reports. A legal body of police and forensic experts handling the identification work said late on Monday that it had confirmed three more victims, two Australians and a Japanese citizen, who have not been named.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was giving consular help to the families, and Foreign Minister Penny Wong sent condolences to her Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares. According to the report, 54 of the dead were Spanish and 15 were foreign nationals from 11 countries. The crash happened when a Renfe service ran into the back of a stationary Iryo train near the village of Urda, about 130km south of Madrid, after a control centre authorised it to continue following a safety system failure.
Source: The Guardian