At least two carriages were reported to have fallen down an embankment after a Renfe AVE and an Iryo train collided near Urda, between Los Yébenes and Urda, on the Madrid-Andalusia high-speed line. The crash occurred at about 8:54 a.m. on 28 October, near kilometre point 118, according to Adif and emergency-service reporting. Preliminary accounts identified the trains as Renfe service 2080 and Iryo service 6076, and said the Renfe train struck the Iryo train from behind while it was stopped on the track.
By 10:30 on Wednesday, Castilla-La Mancha Civil Protection had raised the death toll from the Toledo crash to 46. Early reports from regional authorities had put the number at at least 30 as rescue operations continued. Adif said the Madrid-Andalusia line was affected and arranged ticket changes and cancellations for passengers. The reported collision speed was more than 62 mph, while the precise sequence and contributing factors remained under investigation.
The collision has renewed attention on a short promotional sketch featuring Transport Minister Óscar Puente. In the clip, made for Marc Giró’s «Cara al show» on laSexta, Puente enters an elevator and asks to go to the sixth floor. An announcement says the lift has suffered a fault and will remain stopped longer than usual. Puente then jokes about Renfe before dancing with the presenter.
The video was shared on Puente’s social media eight days before the article was written. It made no direct reference to the Adamuz rail disaster in January. The association representing victims of that crash had nevertheless condemned the sketch on October 20, calling it a mockery and saying it showed disregard for Renfe passengers’ circumstances. Mario Samper, the association’s president, described the joke as being in poor taste and criticized the minister’s participation while victims and families were still dealing with the disaster’s consequences.
The Adamuz crash in Córdoba took place on 18 January 2026 and killed 46 people, with 45 reported dead at the scene. Its judicial investigation, led by the Montoro court, and the technical inquiry by Spain’s Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes Ferroviarios (CIAF) remained open. The Toledo collision is also under investigation; initial accounts described the collision sequence, but did not establish its cause.
Association president Mario Samper pointed to the 46 people killed in the Adamuz disaster, families left devastated and injured people with serious after-effects. The association’s objection was that a minister responsible for transport had chosen to joke about rail disruption while those consequences remained part of the public debate.
Accounts of the longer impact of disasters have also appeared in coverage of Valencia’s flood aftermath, including families still living away from homes damaged in the inundation. In Toledo, emergency services responded to the collision on the route connecting Madrid with Andalucía, while Adif reported disruption to the line and began arranging passenger changes and cancellations.
Initial witnesses said at least two carriages had gone down the embankment, including rear carriages of the Iryo train. One carriage was described in reports as severely damaged. The death toll reported by Castilla-La Mancha Civil Protection stood at 46 at around 10:30 on Wednesday.
