King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia Visit Urda Crash Injured at Toledo Hospital
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain visited the Toledo University Hospital in the city of Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, on the afternoon of October 29 to see passengers injured in the Urda high-speed train collision. The crash occurred on the morning of October 28, when a Renfe AVE train rear-ended a stationary Iryo train near Urda, in Toledo province, killing 69 people.
The King and Queen arrived at 3:30 p.m., having delayed their visit by half an hour to avoid the hospital's staff shift change. They were received by Castilla-La Mancha regional president Emiliano García-Page, Education Minister Milagros Tolón, regional health councillor Jesús Fernández Sanz and SESCAM health-service manager Alberto Jara. The Toledo hospital had attended 38 injured people from the crash, 15 of them in intensive care and 15 already discharged, while the regional health service as a whole had attended 110 people, of whom 60 had been discharged and 50 remained in hospital.
Felipe VI said the investigation must establish "how and why" the accident happened and set out measures to prevent a recurrence, calling for the tragedy to be faced "united, with dignity and rigour," and for lessons to be drawn from it. Queen Letizia also conveyed her support to the injured and their families.
After the hospital, the King and Queen went to the Casa Diocesana "El Buen Pastor" in Toledo to meet relatives of the dead and of passengers not yet identified, where psychological support teams are assisting families. The Royal Household has suspended its upcoming agenda, including Friday's presentation of the new Spanish Royal Academy dictionary.
Source: Casa de S.M. el Rey
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：西班牙国王夫妇在托莱多大学医院探望Urda事故伤员。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons（CC BY-SA 4.0），作者：Emiliano García-Page Sánchez。 / Photo: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit Urda crash injured at Toledo University Hospital. Source: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), by Emiliano García-Page Sánchez.
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