Spain rail disaster: 68 dead after “inexplicable” instruction to train driver | BBC News

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At least 68 people are known to have died in Spain’s high-speed rail disaster, with many more injured. It took place when a train travelling from Madrid to Seville smashed into another train which had come to a halt due to a computer failure. The force pushed several carriages fall down an embankment. Spain’s transport minister said the computer failure followed by human error caused the collision, which is one of the deadliest ever recorded in Europe. The collision happened around 100 miles south of Madrid. The stationary train with 147 passengers on board, run by private rail operator I…

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