Spain in mourning after fatal rail crash, says Spanish prime minister

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez said on Wednesday that Spain was in mourning following a deadly train crash near Toledo. 'Today all of Spain is grieving,' Sánchez said from the crash site. Sánchez called for increased safety measures to restore confidence in a high-speed rail system that was once a source of national pride. 'It is unacceptable for a country like Spain to suffer two high-speed rail accidents in the same year,' said Sánchez, who faces a national election on 29 November Spain’s Sánchez declares three days of mourning after at least 68 killed in Toledo train crash ‘It all happened in a split-second’: survivors recount details of deadly train crash in Spain Second fatal train collision this year casts doubt over Spain’s high-speed rail network