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Train crash: Spain to pay 20 million euros in compensation to victims' families

2026-01-27 20:22:59Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Train crash: Spain to pay 20 million euros in compensation to victims'
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Spain will distribute 20 million euros in compensation to the victims of last week's high-speed train accident, which killed 45 people and injured more than 150. The news was confirmed on Tuesday by Transport Minister Oscar Puente.

The country is still reeling from the January 18 disaster in Adamuz, near the southern city of Cordoba, which caused one of the highest death tolls from a train accident in recent European history and the biggest in Spain since 2013.

The families of the victims will each receive 216,000 euros within no more than three months, which is divided into 72,000 euros in tax-exempt assistance from the government and an insurance advance payment of 72,000 euros. Another 72,000 euros will be paid by the mandatory travel insurance.

“We know that normal procedures and legal deadlines do not always respond to the vital urgency of such a tragedy,” Puente said, Reuters quoted him as saying, adding that victims cannot afford to wait years to receive support. “Economic uncertainty cannot be added to emotional pain.”

Payments for the injured will range from 2,400 euros to 84,000 euros, according to Minister Puente.

The minister has been under public pressure since the Adamuz accident and other incidents that same week, including the death of a train driver in Catalonia and two other accidents without casualties. The Popular Party has called for his resignation.

Asked about his future, Puente told reporters that he had a clear conscience, was doing his job as best he could and making every effort to communicate all available information to citizens.

Catalonia's local train service, Rodalies, also faced major disruptions last week after many drivers refused to work over safety concerns, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, while a software failure brought down the rail traffic control centre on Monday.


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