
官员表示,西班牙10月28日高速列车相撞事故中遇难的69人中,包括4名美国公民,以及各1名来自加拿大、日本、阿根廷、墨西哥、突尼斯和捷克共和国的公民。
Four US citizens and one each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic were among the 69 killed in Spain’s October 28 high-speed train crash, officials said.
法医团队已确认除三名遇难者外的所有人身份,目前仍有三份失踪报告处于活跃状态,涉及两名澳大利亚人和一名日本公民。
Forensics teams have identified all but three victims, with three missing reports still active for two Australians and one Japanese citizen.
马德里以南乌尔达附近的事故,在安全系统故障后引发了新的铁路安全疑问,且发生在西班牙11月29日大选之前。
The crash near Urda, south of Madrid, has raised new rail safety questions after a safety system failure and came before Spain’s November 29 general election.
AI生成 10月28日的灾难——本世纪欧洲最致命的铁路事故之一——遇难者家属在法医团队辨认死者(有时仅凭个别身体部位)的过程中,经历了痛苦的等待。
AI generated The disaster on Oct 28 – one of Europe’s deadliest rail accidents this century – has seen victims’ relatives endure an agonising wait as forensics teams identify the dead, sometimes from individual body parts.
负责处理辨认工作的法律机构由警察和法医专家组成,于11月1日晚在一份声明中公布了最新确认的10名外国遇难者。
A legal body set up to handle the identification work, made up of police and forensics experts, announced in a statement late on Nov 1 the 10 latest confirmed foreign victims.
该机构此前已公布了一名法国公民、一名葡萄牙公民以及54名西班牙人的死亡。声明补充称,除三名遇难者外,所有遇难者身份均已确认。
It had already announced the deaths of a French and a Portuguese citizen, as well as that of 54 Spaniards. All but three of the victims are now identified, the statement added.
声明称:“由于联系到的家属表示希望前往西班牙进行现场辨认,我们正在等待他们抵达该国。”
“As the contacted families have expressed their wish to travel to Spain to carry out in-person identification, we are awaiting their arrival in the country,” the statement said.
这起事故是西班牙2026年发生的第二起高速列车碰撞事故,引发了对该国铁路安全的新疑问,此前1月南部安达卢西亚地区的一起事故造成46人死亡。
The accident was Spain’s second high-speed train collision in 2026 and raised fresh questions about the country’s rail safety, after a crash in the southern region of Andalusia in January killed 46 people.
最新灾难发生时,国营运营商Renfe的一趟列车在马德里以南约130公里的中部村庄乌尔达外,撞上了西班牙公司Iryo的一列静止列车。
The latest disaster struck when a service by state operator Renfe ploughed into the back of a stationary train belonging to Spanish company Iryo outside the central village of Urda, around 130km south of Madrid.
自动安全系统故障导致63公里路段的所有列车停运,但控制中心批准Renfe列车继续行程,而另一列列车当时仍处于静止状态。
The failure of an automatic safety system halted all trains on a 63km stretch of track, but a control centre authorised the Renfe service to resume its journey while the other train was still.
这场悲剧发生在11月29日大选前一个月,社会党领袖佩德罗·桑切斯将在选举中力求克服不利的民调,延长其八年的执政期。
The tragedy came one month before a Nov 29 general election in which Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez will seek to overcome unfavourable polls and extend his eight-year premiership.