At least 39 dead in Spain
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Spain's Civil Guard updated the death toll early Monday after the tail end of a train traveling from Malaga to Madrid went off the rails and slammed into an oncoming train.
The closures were announced after a high-speed train derailed and smashed into another high-speed train, killing at least 39 people and injuring dozens.
Spanish police said Monday that at least 40 people died and 159 were injured in a high-speed train collision in southern Spain.
The deadly train wreck in southern Spain has cast a pall over one of the nation’s symbols of success. The collision Sunday killed at least 41 people and injured dozens more, according to officials as of Tuesday.
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"Capacity is really a top issue,” said François Le Doze, chief commercial officer of Eurostar, said at a Skift Megatrends event.
Authorities are also focusing on attending hundreds of distraught family members and have asked for them to provide DNA samples to help identify victims.