Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has declared three days of national mourning after the deadly collision involving two trains south of Madrid. Meanwhile, the inflation blame game continues to ramp up. The post Dozens killed in high-speed rail collision in Spain appeared first on Crikey.

The crash – Spain’s second major railway accident this year – followed a January collision on the same line that killed 46 persons.

'We heard a massive roar, a truly enormous thud that went on for 10 seconds, as if the train were about to derail. Through the right-hand window, we could see a wrecked train,' says a passenger traveling with several colleagues in the rear car of one of the trains

'We heard a massive roar, a truly enormous thud that went on for 10 seconds, as if the train were about to derail. Through the right-hand window, we could see a wrecked train,' says a passenger traveling with several colleagues in the rear car of one of the trains

The AVE ran into the back of an Iryo that had failed to restart after the signalling system went down, and the control centre had told it to go. At least 30 dead, and the count is not finished.