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Spain train crash impact speed up to 200 km/h, report suggests

📍 Spain, ES·🕐 18h ago·120 outlets

The Renfe high-speed train that crashed into the back of a stationary Iryo service in Spain's Toledo province was traveling at an estimated 160 to 200 kilometers per hour at impact, according to the first preliminary report into the incident.

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[Claude] All three other reports cover the same Spanish high-speed train crash; Report 2's 160–200 km/h estimate is consistent with Report 4's 124 mph (about 200 km/h) and neither contradicts Report 1.

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Also reported by nationnews.com (found in GDELT's list of news articles)

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