MADRID: At least 21 people were confirmed dead and more than 70 others injured after two high-speed trains collided near the city of Cordoba in southern Spain, authorities said.
Thirty of the injured were in serious condition and hospitalised, Spain's Transport Minister Oscar Puente said on Monday. Earlier media reports put the number at 25.
The accident occurred at around 19:45 local time (1845 GMT) when a train carrying 317 passengers on the Malaga-Madrid route derailed for reasons still unknown near Amaduz, about 20 km from Cordoba, Spanish authorities said.