Urda rail collision leaves 29 injured in hospital, nine in intensive care

Twenty-nine people injured in the rail collision in Urda, Toledo province, remained in four Castilla-La Mancha hospitals at 8.30am on Monday, 2 November, according to regional government figures reported by Europa Press. Nine were in intensive care and 20 in standard beds. The collision occurred on Wednesday, 28 October, Europa Press reported.

The government said 81 injured people had been discharged by Monday morning. A total of 110 people were initially admitted to up to six hospitals in Castilla-La Mancha, Europa Press reported.

Seventeen patients were at Toledo’s Hospital General Universitario: four in intensive care and 13 in standard beds. Mancha Centro in Alcázar de San Juan had five patients, one in intensive care and four in standard beds. Six were at Ciudad Real hospital, three in intensive care; one person was in intensive care at Albacete’s Hospital General Universitario. Europa Press reported that one patient had been transferred from Mancha Centro to Hospital de Móstoles, in Madrid.

Source: Castilla-La Mancha regional government figures reported by Europa Press.