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The government approved €20 million in aid for 210 victims of two recent train accidents, with payments ranging from €2,400 to €216,000 depending on injury severity and loss.
- On Tuesday, the Spanish government announced it will disburse €20 million to victims of the Adamuz high-speed train crash that killed 45 people and injured more than 150.
- CIAF, Spain's rail accident investigating body, said a rail fracture appeared to have been present before the Iryo train passed, while investigators say the exact cause remains unknown.
- Families of those killed will receive 216000 euros each within three months, with Puente saying `We know that ordinary procedures and legal timelines do not always respond to the vital urgency of a tragedy like this`.
- The minister has come under pressure as Transport Minister Óscar Puente faces public scrutiny and the People's Party demanded his resignation amid preliminary inquiries, while Rodalies drivers refused work and a software failure on Monday disrupted services.
- Finnbarr O'Reilly, New York Times photographer, found a bogie in a stream and his images ignited media scrutiny, while authorities admitted awareness but withheld information from the Times.
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Spanish rail disaster ramps up pressure on Sánchez
MADRID — A train collision that killed 45 people in southern Spain this month is piling even more political pressure on the struggling, Socialist-led government of Pedro Sánchez. Sánchez is already weaker than at any point during his eight years in power thanks to a string of corruption and sexual harassment scandals that have rocked his party over the past year. Sensing its moment to open another line of attack, the opposition is now seizing on…
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Stop to pay 410 mdp in compensation to the train accident in which 45 people died and more than 150 were injured.
The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Oscar Puente, announced on Tuesday a decree law of urgent measures to speed up the attention to the victims of recent railway accidents. The initiative arises after the tragic incidents of Adamuz (Cordoba) and Gelida (Barcelona), which left 46 dead and 164 injured, and seeks to prevent the bureaucracy from aggravating the pain of those affected. “The ordinary procedures do not always respond to…
Spain will pay 20 million euros in compensation to the victims of a train accident that killed 45 people and injured more than 150, Transport Minister Oscar Puente said today.
Spain recently suffered its deadliest train accident in years, which brought corruption allegations against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's one-time ally and former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos back to the forefront.
According to Spain's transport minister, families of those killed in a major train accident will receive approximately 1.6 million each.
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