00:01The death toll of a high-speed train collision on Wednesday morning south of
00:06Madrid has mounted to 68 with more than 100 people injured according to Spanish
00:12regional authorities. Emergency services rushed to the scene in Castilla-La Mancha
00:18to search for survivors and treat the wounded. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro
00:23Sanchez said on Wednesday that Spain was in mourning.
00:46Sanchez also called for increased safety measures to restore confidence in a high-speed rail
00:52system that was once a source of national pride. A train operated by the state-owned Renfier
00:58company struck the rear of another train operated by private company Iriú that had stopped.
01:05The crash was caused by human error after a computer system failure, according to officials,
01:11between two villages. This is the second rail disaster in Spain this year after another
01:16high-speed train collision in January left 46 dead.
