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4 Americans among 69 killed in Spain train crash
Four US citizens were among the at least 69 people killed when a high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped in Urda, central Spain, on the morning of Oct. 28, officials said Sunday.[3, 5] The Center for Integrated Data, Spain's legal body for identifying victims of events with a high death toll, announced the casualty figures on Sunday night.[5] Authorities said the dead also included one national each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic.[1]
The Guardian reported that 54 Spaniards were among the victims.[1] The Guardian described it as one of Europe's deadliest rail accidents this century.[1]
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- Left-leaning Spain train crash: four US citizens, and nationals from Japan, Canada among dead, authorities say
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