
More than 24 hours after the AVE accident in Toledo, which left 69 dead, Pedro Sánchez has promised to clarify the causes and reinforce railway safety in a meeting at the CECOPI.
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An AVE accident in Toledo has left 69 fatalities, the second fatal incident on the High Speed network in nine months.
More than 24 hours after the tragic AVE accident in Toledo, which has already left 69 fatalities, the investigation has not yet determined what caused it.
This Thursday, the main people responsible for managing the emergency met at the CECOPI, in the area of the incident. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, among other authorities, were there, although the head of the branch did not participate in the subsequent appearance. It was Sánchez who took on the public message and promised to clarify "down to the smallest detail" of what happened and reinforce the safety of a High Speed network that in just nine months has already suffered two fatal accidents.
In his speech, Sánchez insisted that the State's response occurs on three fronts: caring for the victims and their families, clarifying the causes of the accident and reinforcing the safety of the High Speed system. He thanked the emergency teams, the psychological support services and the different administrations for their work, and assured that they work day and night to clarify "even the smallest detail." But the appearance has also left a striking political image at this time.
Puente has participated in the CECOPI meeting and appears in the photograph alongside Sánchez and the other officials, but he has not accompanied the president before the media. In Moncloa they downplay his absence but, for now, president and minister have only shared a shot in the CECOPI photo.
The absence contrasts with the role that Puente played on Wednesday, at least in the first hours after the accident: he appeared from the Adif control center in Atocha, reconstructed the first details of the accident and answered journalists' questions. But, unlike what happened after Adamuz, when he assumed a good part of the public explanations, this time the institutional intervention of the next day has been left in the hands of Sánchez.
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Clarify the causes of the accident and investigate what happened
Very likely · Within weeks

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