An Alvia train collided this Tuesday with a car at a level crossing in Husillos (Palencia) causing the death of at least two people, who were workers at the AVE works, a 37-year-old Portuguese national and a 40-year-old Indian. years.
The accident occurred at 9:56 a.m., at kilometer 304.180 of the railway, crossing with the Monzón-Husillos road, in a provisional passage through the AVE works, in the direction of Cantabria. Specifically, the Alvia train 4273 (Madrid-Santander), has overwhelmed tourism, and has moved it about 900 meters, to one of the Husillos level crossings.
There were 92 passengers on the train, who are still on board, and who will be transferred by bus to the capital of Palencia, according to the same sources. The regional emergency service 1-1-2 has detailed that Adif has confirmed that there are no injuries among the passengers.
Sources from the Government Subdelegation have confirmed to EFE that the two deceased were workers in the AVE works being carried out in that area. Work is currently underway on the Palencia Norte-Amusco AVE platform, within the line to Cantabria. . The Subdelegation has ruled out a third victim after searching for other possible occupants of the vehicle.
From Adif it has been reported through the social network ”.
The 1-1-2 has notified Adif of the accident, the emergency coordination center, the Civil Guard, the firefighters of the Palencia Provincial Council and health emergencies, which have sent a mobile ICU and two life support ambulances to the scene. essential.
The mayor of Husillos, Juan Jesús Nevares, has maintained that the problem is that in the area there is “little visibility and the trains pass faster and faster”, although the passage was signposted.
The line now has electricity and the option that Adif is considering—according to the Subdelegation—is to reverse the train to Palencia and have buses pick up the passengers there so they can continue their trip.
Puente mourns the death of two workers
The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, has regretted the death of the two workers of an Adif contract. “A terrible misfortune. Rest in peace,” the minister conveyed through a message on the social network ‘X’.
“Two workers from an Adif contract died this morning when their vehicle was run over on a surface level crossing in Palencia; they were working precisely on the construction of an overpass that was going to replace it,” the minister explained in this message.
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