
Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente offered his resignation on Tuesday following an October 28 train crash south of Madrid that killed 69 people, citing two severe accidents in less than a year.
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Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente offered his resignation on Tuesday following a train crash on October 28 south of Madrid that killed 69 people. He referenced two accidents of this severity in less than a year.
Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente offered his resignation on Tuesday in the wake of a train crash on October 28 south of Madrid that killed 69 people.
"A transport minister in a country like Spain cannot continue in office with two accidents of this severity in less than a year," he told lawmakers.
Puente did not specify when he will leave his post.
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