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A teacher, a student, a police officer and a journalist were the victims of the incident fatal train collision Caused 41 deaths Spain.
The dead include the Zamorano-Alvarez family family, They reportedly lost four members, including a couple, their 12-year-old son and a nephew, according to relatives on Facebook.
the only survivor of the family is a six year old girl Mayor José Carlos Hernandez told reporters on Tuesday that she had been placed in the care of her grandmother.
Authorities said after an investigation, bodies remained under the wreckage. High-speed train operated by Iryo derails and crashes Crashed into an oncoming Alvia-operated train, pushing it off the nearby tracks Cordoba.
A total of about 300 passengers were carried on both trains. The death toll rose overnight as another body was found, with at least 12 people still in intensive care.
Spain Heavy machinery was deployed to recover the bodies of missing people from the wreckage, with emergency services using cranes to gain access to the worst-hit carriages on Tuesday.
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marasca told state broadcaster TVE late on Monday that at least three bodies had been found still trapped in the wreckage two days after the crash.
The country’s Transportation Secretary Oscar Puente stressed that the death toll “has not yet been finalized.”
Married couple Oscar Toro, a journalist who taught at a university, and his wife, Maria Clauss, a photojournalist, boarded the Alvia train. Their journalists’ union confirmed their deaths.
Spain’s National Police confirmed that a police officer was among the dead. Local media reported that the man had become a father 18 months before his death. The 27-year-old driver of the Alvia train also died in the accident.
Emergency services used heavy machinery overnight and early Tuesday to level the ground around the front carriage of the Alvia train and the rear carriage of the Iryo train that plunged into a 4-meter (13.1-foot) high embankment, Andalusia’s regional government said in a statement.
Technicians investigating cause of fatal crash in Spain train A source with knowledge of the initial investigation said the disaster uncovered a problem with a joint on the tracks.
Sources told Reuters that experts on site highlighted wear and tear on the joints between sections of the rails, known as fishplates, which they said indicated the fault had been present for some time.
A defective joint created a gap between rail sections that grew as the train continued to travel on the track, but an official cause has not yet been confirmed.
King Charles posted a statement about the incident on his social media accounts on Tuesday.
He said: “My wife and I were deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the shocking train crash in southern Spain and the tragic deaths of many people in this disaster.”
“We extend our deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones and our special condolences are with those who were seriously injured in this horrific accident.”
Spain began three days of national mourning on Tuesday after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez vowed to “uncover the truth” about the incident. King Felipe and Queen Letizia visited the scene and met with emergency services who were working in the wreckage.