Spain’s civil guard have said their priority is to continue to identify victims of yesterday’s train crash, which killed 69 peopl
Police have appealed to families of the passengers to provide DNA samples to help them
Former minister Fátima Báñez was among those killed in the crash, Spain’s employment ministry confirms
Some people have taken to social media to ask for information to help find their loved ones: they’re posting details of which train they were on, desperate for any news.
Claudia Reina Reguera said her older brother David is still missing after he boarded the eighth carriage of Renfe’s AVE 2080 train from Madrid to Seville.
She said that the 22-year-old works as a railway technician for Renfe in Madrid, but was travelling home to see family in both Málaga and Seville.
“More than 24 hours after the accident, we still have no news of our David,” she said.
After hearing about the crash, her family called his phone but the call did not connect – she believes it has been broken or lost.
“We feel sad, worried, and very anxious. We hope we hear something about him soon,” Claudia said.
Last night, protesters gathered outside the Spanish transport ministry demanding accountability over the crash
The disaster happened when a train travelling from Madrid to Seville barrelled into a stationary train on Wednesday morning
Audio recordings seem to show that one high-speed train was given clearance to move even though another had stalled some 25km (15 miles) up ahead
