Spain: the two Italian victims of the train crash have been identified
One is an Italian-Argentinian woman and the other is an Italian-Venezuelan woman. Both were reported missing.
The two Italian victims of the train crash that took place near Toledo in Spain on 28 October have been identified. They are an Italian-Argentinian woman and an Italian-Venezuelan woman. Both had been reported missing.
Both victims were identified using fingerprints and DNA.
Their families are being supported by the Spanish authorities – who had set up a support centre for the relatives of the victims and those missing in the train disaster at the Priests’ House in Toledo – and by the Italian Consulate-General in Madrid on behalf of the Italian Embassy in Spain and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The tragic accident, in which 69 people died, took place on 28 October in Urda, in the province of Toledo, when, at 8.53 am, an AVE train operated by Renfe collided with a train operated by Iryo on the Madrid–Seville high-speed line.
Train crash in Spain: a funeral service for the victims has been held in Urda.
