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Sánchez pledges tough line on possible safety failures after Toledo train crash

One of Europe's deadliest train disasters this century has raised fresh questions about safety on Spain's rail network after the transport minister reported an "error" and "inexplicable circumstances" that led to the crash.

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00:01Spain's government blames possible human error after a safety system failed for Wednesday's
00:07train crash near Toledo that killed at least 68 and injured over 100.
00:12Transport Minister Oscar Puente questioned why controllers let a high-speed train move
00:17while another train was stopped on the same track.
00:20It is the control center, through its operators, who decides to re-annud the march.
00:25As I say, in some circumstances, from our point of view, inexplicable.
00:31King Philippe VI was among the first to express his condolences to the victims' families
00:36and his support for the injured after learning of the accident.
00:40To transmit to the families our sadness, our sadness, our support, our affection
00:46in a very hard and difficult moment.
00:50The President of the Council of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García Page,
00:53has confirmed that, at least at the moment, have died 68 people here, outside of Urda, in Toledo,
01:00due to the accident between a high-speed train AVE and another IRIO,
01:04and has said that the work of search still continues.
01:07By his part, the President of the European Union, Pedro Sánchez,
01:10who also has approached the place of the accident,
01:12has lamented what has called a sad day for Spain
01:16and has announced that there will be three days of war in the whole country in honor of the victims
01:22of the accident.
01:23This afternoon, of course, we will proceed to the declaration of three days of war,
01:29as we also did with the accident ferroviario of Adamuz.
01:32Also, he has committed to depure responsibilities and has said that the Ejecutivo
01:38will not stop until averting what has happened,
01:41leaving even open the possibility of committing a reform of the whole ferroviario
01:46if it was necessary.
01:48From Urda, Toledo, Rafael Salido, Euronews.
01:52Thank you very much.

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