THE president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García Page, has stated that the death toll after the tragic train accident in Urda has increased by one, to 69, after the discovery of a lifeless body during work on Wednesday night.
Page has explained that among the damaged carriages the teams have identified "human remains" during the night work, so it is foreseeable that the balance will continue to increase over the hours.
Regarding the injured, Page said that of the 110 hospitalized in Castilla-La Mancha, 60 people have already been discharged and 50 are still hospitalized with "different levels of concern." The positive news, always with caution, he said, is that the four most seriously injured of the 15 critically injured "are evolving positively, so we are more optimistic about their final condition. We are more hopeful."
Page explained that 1,300 troops worked at the scene of the accident this Wednesday. Now the judicial authorities will proceed with the identification process, according to the law. "Throughout the night, partial human remains have appeared and there are accumulated, in addition to the corpses, human remains that have to be identified. The work that remains to be done this Thursday is crane movements, especially on the wagon that is overturned. We do not think that there could be more deaths under that one, but I always say it with caution," said the Castilian-Manchego president.
The teams continue their work at the scene of the accident, carrying out their tasks "with great care", as previously indicated by the spokesperson for the Castilian-La Mancha Government, Esther Padilla. The spokesperson, who made these statements this Thursday on TVE, has asserted that the canine units that have been working at the site will return to action this Thursday because that work cannot yet be concluded.
"There is no need to rush or say ahead of time that it is over," he asserted. For this work, in addition to the cynological units, thermal drones are also being used, used to detect if there is still a body among the remains "that human vision cannot detect."
Throughout the night, more than 500 people remained around the accident site, including firefighters, members of the Military Emergency Unit, health personnel and members of the State Security Forces and Bodies. On the other hand, the Institute of Legal Medicine of Toledo is preparing to, with the work of up to 25 forensic doctors, begin the identification work of 52 of the 69 bodies that resulted from the accident.
Foreign Affairs confirms 42 foreigners affected, one deceased
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and the European Union has reported that there are at least 42 foreign citizens of seven different nationalities affected by the train accident in Urda (Toledo), of which one has died who would be an Argentine national, as specified by the Andean Foreign Ministry.
As confirmed by the ministry headed by José Manuel Albares, there are also ten foreigners who were unharmed, seven injured, and 24 in an unknown situation at the moment and about whom Foreign Affairs has already requested information. Foreign sources detail that the Ministry is in permanent communication with the affected embassies.
