
Prosecutors probe funding for Madrid-Seville high-speed line after accident kills 69
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The investigation concerns funds for the Madrid-Seville high-speed line. A separate probe is ongoing regarding a March accident in Andalusia that killed 46 people.
The European Union is investigating the possible misuse of EU funds earmarked for the renovation of a Spanish railway line where a train crash killed 69 people, prosecutors said on Friday.
The October accident on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line was one of the worst railway disasters in Europe this century, overshadowing Spain’s coming general election this month.
A similar investigation into the same stretch of track had already been opened in March in the wake of another accident that claimed 46 lives in the southern province of Andalusia, European prosecutors said.

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