Emergency crews respond to deadly train derailment in Spain
At least 21 people were killed after a high-speed train derailed and struck another train in southern Spain on Sunday, according to local authorities and media reports. (Credit: @eleanorinthesky via X)
At least 21 people were killed and dozens more were injured after a high-speed train derailed and struck another train in southern Spain on Sunday evening, according to reports.
The crash happened at around 6:40 p.m. local time near the town of Adamuz in Córdoba province, when the initial derailment forced a second train off the tracks. Roughly 100 people were injured, including 25 with serious injuries, Reuters reported, citing police sources and local media.
One of the train drivers was among those killed, according to Reuters.
Spain’s rail infrastructure operator, Adif, said the Iryo 6189 Malaga-to-Madrid train derailed and crashed onto an adjacent track, causing a second train traveling from Madrid to Huelva to also derail.
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First responders search through wreckage after two high-speed trains derailed in Adamuz, near Córdoba, Spain, on Jan. 18, 2026. (@eleanorinthesky via X/Handout via Reuters)
The crash happened about 10 minutes after the Iryo train departed Córdoba.
The Iryo train was identified as a Freccia 1000 train carrying more than 300 passengers, while the other train was operated by Renfe and had approximately 100 people on board, Reuters reported.
One woman, who said she was a passenger on the Iryo train, described chaotic scenes during the derailment.
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A woman speaks on a phone while standing in a line amid train delays and cancellations following a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains in Adamuz, Spain, on Jan. 18, 2026. (Ana Beltran/Reuters)
"Ten minutes after departing, the train started to shake a lot, and it derailed from coach 6 behind us. The lights went out," she wrote on X.
Videos posted on social media showed emergency responders assisting people as they climbed out through train windows.
Rail services between Madrid and Andalusia were subsequently suspended, according to Reuters.
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A person walks past an information board at the Atocha train station, amid train delays and cancellations, following a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Córdoba, Spain, on Jan. 18, 2026. (Ana Beltran/Reuters)
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The deadly derailment comes just days after a separate rail disaster in Thailand, where at least 22 people were killed when a construction crane collapsed onto a moving passenger train, causing it to derail and catch fire.
Fox News Digital's Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.
