Spain bids farewell to train crash victims

Spain holds state funeral for 69 people killed in train crash Relatives of the victims were at the ceremony alongside members of the royal family. AP reports.

The ceremony was held in the Toledo Cathedral of the XIII century, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were welcomed by the Archbishop of Toledo Francisco Cerro Chavez. The collision occurred on October 28, when a train crashed into a standing train on the Madrid-Sevilla line near Urda.

It is the second deadly collision in a year that has undermined Spanish confidence in the transport system. Transport Minister Oscar Puente resigned, followed by Luis Pedro Marco, the head of the company that manages the railway infrastructure.

Spain will hold a general election on November 29, in which Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is running for re-election. He didn't attend the funeral.

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