Spain's transport minister resigns after 69 people killed in horror train crash
Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente has announced that he is resigning six days after a high-speed train collision that killed dozens of people. Mr Puente made the announcement on Tuesday, November 3 at the end of an hourslong appearance before lawmakers about the crash in which 69 people lost their lives.
TL;DR
- Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente is resigning six days after a high-speed train collision.
- The collision killed 69 people and involved a train slamming into a stationary one.
- This is the second deadly crash on the Madrid-Seville line this year; the first killed 46 people.
- The failure of a communication system is cited as the cause of the recent disaster.
- The minister stated he resigned due to the seriousness of two accidents occurring in less than a year.
- Safety measures, including improving control centers and faster rollout of the European Rail Traffic Management System, were announced.
- Spain's high-speed rail network is the world's second-largest.