Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente has resigned – six days after the high-speed collision in which at least 69 people were killed and dozens injured.
He announced his decision in Congress, where he had appeared to give the circumstances of last Wednesday’s crash near the town of Urda, south of the capital Madrid.
“A transport minister in a country like Spain cannot remain in office after two accidents of this seriousness in less than a year,” he said, also referring to a deadly crash in January in Andalusia, southern Spain.
The latest tragedy in Urda happened when a state-operated Renfe high-speed train smashed into the back of another stationary train operated by the Iryo company.
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