The Latvian embassy has no information that Latvian citizens were injured in the collision of high-speed trains in Andalusia, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Diana Eglite told the LETA agency.
She noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in contact with the Spanish police, which will pass on any information to the embassy. According to the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, considering that it is not the tourist season, the likelihood of Latvians being injured is relatively low.
It was previously reported that as a result of the collision of two high-speed trains on Sunday in southern Spain, in the province of Córdoba in Andalusia, at least 39 people were killed and more than 120 were injured, the Spanish Ministry of Transport reported on Monday.
The accident occurred when the last cars of the Malaga-Madrid high-speed train derailed near Adamus and collided with an oncoming train traveling from Madrid to Huelva, reported the Spanish railway company "Adif". At least 123 people were injured, of which five are in very serious condition and 24 are in serious condition.
