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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the high-speed train crash that killed at least 40 people. Sanchez also promised to find out why two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain, as rescue teams continue to search the wreckage.
More than 120 other people were injured when carriages of a train travelling to Madrid derailed and crossed into the opposite direction, colliding with an oncoming train in Adamuz on Sunday evening.
Rail network operator Adif said the collision happened at 7:45 p.m. local time (18:45 GMT) on Sunday, about an hour after one of the trains left Malaga heading north to Madrid, when it derailed on a straight section of track near the city of Cordoba.
The force of the collision pushed the carriages of the second train into a dam, according to Transport Minister Óscar Puente. He added that most of the dead and injured were in the front carriages of the second train, which was travelling south from Madrid to Huelva.
Sanchez visited the crash site with senior officials on Monday afternoon.
"This is a day of sorrow for all of Spain, for our entire country," he told reporters, adding that we will get to the truth, we will find the answer regarding the origin and cause of this tragedy.
Puente said an investigation could take at least a month, describing the incident as "extremely strange."
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