At least 39 people have died in a train collision in southern Spain and dozens more have been injured in the country’s worst rail crash in more than a decade, Spain’s Civil Guard has said.

Carriages on a Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed over to the opposite tracks, colliding with an oncoming train in Adamuz on Sunday evening.

Four hundred passengers and staff were onboard both trains, the rail networks said. Emergency services treated 122 people, with 43, including four children, still in hospital. Of those, 12 adults and one child are in intensive care.

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    This stretch of track was recently renovated, a few months ago. I’m betting on a botched renovation. The government really doesn’t want this to be the case.

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      Yes and the transport minister also mentioned the train carriages that derailed were inspected just days before