{"id":2242828,"date":"2026-01-20T20:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2242828"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:42:51","slug":"spains-royals-visit-deadly-train-crash-site-as-country-mourns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/spains-royals-visit-deadly-train-crash-site-as-country-mourns\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s royals visit deadly train crash site as country mourns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Spain\u2019s king and queen visited the site of the collision of two high-speed trains that killed at least 42 people on Tuesday, as the country began three days of national mourning.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The country\u2019s deadliest rail accident in more than a decade took place late on Sunday when a train operated by rail company Iryo, travelling from Malaga to Madrid, derailed near Adamuz in the southern Andalusia region.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It crossed onto the other track, where it crashed into an oncoming train heading to Huelva, which also derailed.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The official death toll rose to 42 by late Tuesday after another body was found in the wreckage, the regional government said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">More than 120 people were injured, with 37 still in hospital, including four children, it added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Spain\u2019s King Felipe speaks with two injured children during his visit to the Reina Sofia Hospital in Cordoba, Spain, on Tuesday. 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