They confirm the death of Leonese scientists Tamara González and Marta Shahbazi in the Toledo accident

The Leonese scientists Tamara González and Marta Shahbazi have died in the train accident in Urda (Toledo), as confirmed by the city councils of their municipalities this weekend.

The confirmation of her death comes after several days in which both women, who were traveling on the AVE that collided with the Iryo, were considered missing. They were heading to Huelva to participate in a congress of the Spanish Society of Developmental Biology.

Specifically, the Bembibre City Council has reported the death of Tamara González, 31 years old and a doctor in Molecular Biosciences who worked at the Vienna Institute of Biotechnology.

"Tamara, a brilliant young woman dedicated to scientific research, represented the best of our land: talent, effort and a future full of light that has been heartbreakingly taken from her. These days of tireless search and deep anguish conclude with the worst possible outcome," the City Council said in a statement released on Saturday on its social networks, in which it expressed its condolences and affection to the young woman's relatives.

On the other hand, the Carrizo de la Ribera City Council has reported the death of Marta Shahbazi, 41 years old. The prestigious scientist, with roots in this Leonese municipality on her mother's side, directed the Cambridge Molecular Biology Laboratory, where she lived with her family.

Shahbazi, who leaves behind two children aged three and seven, was heading to the aforementioned congress where he was also going to receive recognition for his career in research on the first stages of human development.