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Spain Crash Investigators Focus on Train Traffic Controllers’ Role

After the country’s second major rail disaster in a year, Spaniards were confronting questions about the safety of their once-vaunted rail system.

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Emergency workers were still searching for survivors and victims at the site of the crash on Thursday.
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Is There a ‘Safest Seat’ in a Train Crash? Experts Say It’s Not So Simple.

After a high-speed collision near Toledo, Spain, killed at least 68 people, rail safety experts said the rough consensus that it is best to sit in the middle of a train has its limits.

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Emergency workers at the scene of a crash involving two trains near Toledo, Spain, on Wednesday.
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Spain Train Crash Kills at Least 68

The accident, the second in less than a year on the same busy rail line, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.

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Emergency services work at the scene of a crash between two trains in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday.
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Higher, Faster, Gnarlier: Have Roller Coasters Become Too Extreme?

A coaster dares riders to be daring, with steep drops, high speeds and improbably tight curves. But safety has become a concern again after a man was thrown from his seat and died in Georgia.

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After Six Flags Roller Coaster Death, Critics Call for Federal Oversight

Regulation of amusement parks is left to the states, and deaths are rare. But some say stronger rules are needed.

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The Goliath roller coaster, where a man fell to his death on Monday.
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