After the train disaster: Spain's Minister of Transport announced his resignation

Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente resigned after the high-speed train accident that killed 69 people.

The minister also announced that the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) will not be on the parliamentary candidate list in the elections to be held on 29 November.

26 days before such elections, the Spanish Minister announced his resignation.

In his speech, Puente said, "In a country like Spain, the minister of transport cannot continue his duty when two such serious accidents have occurred in less than a year."

The identities of 66 of the 69 people who died in the accident in which two high-speed passenger trains collided near the Spanish city of Toledo on October 28 have been identified.

It was reported that 54 of the 66 people identified were Spanish and 12 were foreign nationals.

It was recorded that among the foreigners who lost their lives in the accident were 4 Americans, 1 Argentine, 1 Canadian, 1 Czech, 1 French, 1 Japanese, 1 Mexican, 1 Portuguese and 1 Tunisian.

While 31 people injured in the accident are still being treated in the hospital, 13 of them are in intensive care.