The cause of the accident is not yet known, and it is really strange that the derailment happened on a real section of the line that was rebuilt in May, Spain's transport minister said
In a collision two the train on Sunday evening in the south Spain at least 39 people died, another 75 people were hospitalized, of which 24 were seriously injured.
The high-speed Irio train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed, crossed onto another track where it was hit by a train coming from the opposite direction, the Spanish railway company Adif announced on Ix. A second train also derailed and landed down an embankment, authorities said, the Guardian reports.
Accident happened about 10 minutes after Irio left Malaga.
Transport Minister Oscar Puente said earlier in the early hours of Monday that at least 21 people had died and that number could rise.
Tragedy in southern Spain🇪🇸: a high-speed train derailed, crossed tracks, and hit another train head-on.
More than 21 reportedly killed, and at least 100 injured, with 25 suffering critical injuries#Spain | #trainaccident pic.twitter.com/UHas6y2Luk
— Sumit (@SumitHansd) January 19, 2026
One witness told public broadcaster RTVE that one of the carriages of the first train completely overturned.
"People were screaming, their bags were falling off the shelves. I was traveling to Huelva in the fourth carriage - the last one, luckily," an unidentified passenger on the second train, which was traveling from Madrid to Huelva, told RTVE
The cause of the accident is not yet known, Spain's transport minister said, Puente said. Speaking at a press conference at Madrid's Atocha station, he added that it was "really strange" that the derailment happened on a straight section of track. This part of the track was rebuilt in May, he said.
In 2013, Spain suffered its worst high-speed train derailment in Galicia, northwest Spain, killing 80 people and injuring 140.
Spain's high-speed rail network is the second largest in the world, after China, and connects more than 50 cities across the country.
Spain's rail network is more than 4.000 kilometers long, according to Adif data.
All train lines between Madrid and Andalusia have been suspended following the accident and are expected to remain closed all day on Monday.
Irio, the private rail company that operated the train from Malaga, said about 300 passengers were on the train that first derailed, while the second train, operated by state-owned Renfe, had about 100 passengers.
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