The Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Toledo and Ciudad Real has identified 56 of the 69 people who died in the October 28 rail crash in Urda (Toledo), according to data from the Integrated Data Center (CID) released on Saturday night and reported by EFE and Castilla-La Mancha Media. The provisional death toll remains at 69.
Of those identified, 54 are Spanish, one French and one Portuguese; 52 identifications were made by fingerprint and four by DNA, according to the CID. Families have been notified in 51 cases and 36 bodies have already been released to them, according to EFE. There are still 13 open missing-person reports for foreign nationals: four from the United States, two from Australia, two from Japan and one each from Argentina, Canada, Mexico, the Czech Republic and Tunisia.
“In principle, all the Spanish nationals have been identified,” said Civil Guard psychologist Major Andrés López, according to Telecinco. In hospitals in Castilla-La Mancha, 31 people remain admitted and 79 of the 110 treated have been discharged, according to Castilla-La Mancha Media.
High-speed rail service between Madrid and Andalusia remains suspended, according to Adif as cited by Telecinco on Sunday afternoon.
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