{"id":6614,"date":"2026-11-02T14:32:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/canadian-national-4-americans-among-69-dead-in-spain-train-collision-national-globalnews-ca\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T14:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:32:25","slug":"canadian-national-4-americans-among-69-dead-in-spain-train-collision-national-globalnews-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/canadian-national-4-americans-among-69-dead-in-spain-train-collision-national-globalnews-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian national, 4 Americans among 69 dead in Spain train collision &#8211; National | Globalnews.ca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpe_imgrss\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Canadian-national-4-Americans-among-69-dead-in-Spain-train-collision-National-Globalnews.ca_.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\" readability=\"56\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Staff<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Associated Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\" readability=\"6.5\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\" readability=\"8\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted November 2, 2026 9:22 am<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32.979474252791\">\n<div class=\"l-article__details\" data-article-socialshare=\"true\" readability=\"13.761658031088\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\" readability=\"34\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=fc5vd2ara#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=fc5vd2ara#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"l-article__text js-story-text\" aria-label=\"Article text\" readability=\"45.597245409015\">\n<p>A Canadian and four Americans were among the 69 people killed in last week\u2019s high-speed <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/train-collision\">train collision<\/a> in Spain, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>So far, 66 of the dead have been identified, authorities said late Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Most of those killed \u2014 54 of the 69 victims \u2014 were Spanish nationals. The crash took place last Wednesday when a high-speed train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Other foreigners among the fatalities who have been identified include one each from France, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Portugal, Tunisia and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_12126771_6ae89ca76f520\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"12126771\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/12126771\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_12126771_6ae89ca76f520\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{&quot;content&quot;:{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Spain tries to grapple with deadly train collision; officials confirm 69 deaths&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;sections&quot;:[&quot;videos&quot;,&quot;national&quot;],&quot;keywords&quot;:[&quot;international&quot;,&quot;short-clip&quot;,&quot;spain&quot;,&quot;spain-train-collision&quot;,&quot;top-news&quot;],&quot;iab&quot;:{&quot;categories&quot;:[&quot;Sensitive Subjects&quot;],&quot;tags&quot;:[&quot;Argentina&quot;,&quot;Canada&quot;,&quot;Czech Republic&quot;,&quot;France&quot;,&quot;Infrastructure&quot;,&quot;Japan&quot;,&quot;Mexico&quot;,&quot;Pedro Su00e1nchez&quot;,&quot;Portugal&quot;,&quot;Province of Toledo&quot;,&quot;Rail transport&quot;,&quot;Spain&quot;,&quot;Tunisia&quot;]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\" readability=\"1\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Spain tries to grapple with deadly train collision; officials confirm 69 deaths'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Canadian-national-4-Americans-among-69-dead-in-Spain-train-collision-National-Globalnews.ca_.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/ol6fauuw9q-s4iodgnsk7\/SITE_SPAIN.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;w=450 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/ol6fauuw9q-s4iodgnsk7\/SITE_SPAIN.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;w=720 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/ol6fauuw9q-s4iodgnsk7\/SITE_SPAIN.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1040 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\" readability=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:45<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Spain tries to grapple with deadly train collision; officials confirm 69 deaths<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Authorities said they have three bodies still to identify and three people reported missing \u2014 two Australians and one Japanese.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\" readability=\"0.40338983050847\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The crash in the province of Toledo came just nine months after another collision farther south on the same Madrid-Seville line killed 46 people. The collisions have shaken confidence in the Spanish rail network that has long been hailed for its speed and safety.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\" readability=\"5.3013698630137\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Canadian-national-4-Americans-among-69-dead-in-Spain-train-collision-National-Globalnews.ca_-1.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\" readability=\"29.599315068493\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won&#8217;t miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez has pledged an investigation and improvements to restore trust in the system that carried some 45 million travelers last year, including millions of tourists.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened one month before a Nov. 29 general election in which S\u00e1nchez is seeking to extend his eight-year premiership. He is now facing questions about the safety of the railways and investments under his governments in Spanish infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"l-article__copyright\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">: World<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Staff The Associated Press Posted November 2, 2026 9:22 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Canadian and four Americans were among the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}