Frist responders search through wreckage after two high-speed trains derailed in Adamuz, near Cordoba, Spain on Sunday.
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More than 20 people were killed and several others injured after two high-speed trains collided and derailed in southern Spain, the emergency services said on Sunday (January 18, 2026).
Antonio Sanz, regional Health Minister for the Andalusia province where the crash happened, said officials fear that the death toll may rise.
Rescue operations are ongoing, he said, adding that 73 injured passengers have been taken to six different hospitals.
A train travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz, crossing onto the other track where it hit an oncoming train, which also derailed, Spain’s ADIF rail body posted on X.
“We have received calls from people reporting that there were injured and trapped,” a spokesperson for the Andalusian emergency services told AFP.