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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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