URDA, Spain — The official death toll from Wednesday's high-speed train collision near Urda, in Toledo province, rose to 69 on Thursday, Castilla-La Mancha regional president Emiliano García-Page announced, after one of the injured passengers died in hospital. García-Page announced the revised figure alongside Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez after a meeting of the integrated operational coordination centre, in figures reported by Europa Press, RTVE and ABC.

Source: Today News Brief (Europa Press, RTVE and ABC reporting)

Of the 110 people admitted to hospitals in Castilla-La Mancha, 60 have been discharged and 50 remain in hospital, 15 of them classed as code red, the most serious level. García-Page said four of those 15 patients are improving. Hospitals in the Madrid region treated 104 injured people on Wednesday, three of whom remained in intensive care, according to RTVE's latest figures. All of the figures remain provisional.

The 74 figure that was not official

On Thursday afternoon the rail accident investigation commission (CIAF), which now sits under the independent investigation authority AITAT, briefly showed 74 dead in the initial case file published on its website. The Transport Ministry said the official figures are those given by the Junta de Castilla-La Mancha, and shortly after 18:10 Spanish time the CIAF corrected the file to 69, EFE (via Infobae), Servimedia and RTVE reported. Some outlets published the 74 figure as the toll; the official toll remains 69.

The number of missing-person reports filed with the Guardia Civil by relatives had risen to 64 by Thursday morning, EFE reported — those are reports from families who could not reach someone, not a count of victims. Identification of the dead is continuing under judicial authority, and at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Toledo, 25 forensic doctors have begun identifying the 52 bodies taken there from the site, RTVE reported.

Spain's rail infrastructure manager Adif said services on the Madrid–Andalusia high-speed line remained interrupted on Thursday, while trains were still operating on the Madrid–Toledo and Málaga–Seville sections. Support points for people affected by the crash were open at Madrid, Seville, Córdoba and Málaga stations, Adif said.

Source: Okay News (Adif network notice)

The collision happened at about 08:53 on Wednesday at kilometre point 118 of the Madrid–Seville high-speed line, between Mora/Orgaz and Urda, when Renfe AVE train 2080 ran into the back of the stationary Iryo train 6076. There were 544 people on board the two trains — 397 on the AVE and 147 on the Iryo service.

The CIAF's initial case file, number 146/2026, classes the crash as a serious accident and stresses that its initial data may change. The cause of the collision has not yet been established and the investigation is continuing.