SCREAMING METAL AND SILENCED LIVES: SPAIN’S “STRANGE” TRAIN CATASTROPHE LEAVES 39 DEAD AS OFFICIALS SCRAMBLE FOR ANSWERS
A quiet stretch of Spanish track has become a charnel house. The death toll is climbing—39 souls KILLED in a nightmare of twisted metal when a high-speed train DERAILLED and SMASHED into another. This isn’t just an accident. This is a SYSTEM FAILURE on one of Europe’s most-traveled networks, and the people in charge have no clue why.
The horrific image from the scene says it all: a victim rushed to an ambulance in Adamuz, their life hanging by a thread. This is the human cost. Rescue workers fought through the night, pulling bodies from carriages flung down a 13-foot slope. 75 people are hospitalized, their lives shattered.
But listen to Spain’s Transport Minister, Óscar Puente, call this disaster “truly strange.” STRANGE? The track was just renovated in May. The derailed train was almost new. This was a flat, safe stretch. So what—or WHO—really caused this?
Here’s what they’re NOT screaming about: the crashed trains were from RIVAL companies—a private operator, Iryo, and the public giant, Renfe. Is this a deadly symptom of a system pushed too far, too fast for profit? Spain boasts the largest high-speed network in Europe, moving 25 million passengers last year. But at what cost? They promise safety, then deliver corpses.
Officials say an investigation could take a month. A MONTH of bureaucrats spinning stories while families bury their dead. This is a chilling echo of 2013, when 80 people died in another “unthinkable” derailment. They didn’t learn then.
The tracks are quiet today, but the silence from those in power is DEAFENING.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
