New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Spain's latest high-speed train disaster proved to be deadliest in 2026, after a train operated by state-owned Renfe struck a stationary Iryo service in central Spain, killing at least 68 people and injuring more than 100. Preliminary accounts from Spanish transport minister point to a technical failure in the automatic control system, followed by a decision to resume train services before the system had been restored.

The train crash in Spain occurred on Wednesday morning in Castilla-La Mancha, south of Madrid, as two trains travelled towards Seville.

The impact derailed carriages from both trains, leaving wreckage scattered across the tracks and a nearby embankment. Investigators are examining the sequence of dec...