This is reported by the COPE radio station.
"The death toll has risen to 39," the statement said.
According to the Europa Press agency, citing sources in the Spanish Interior Ministry, 152 people were injured, five of them are in very serious condition, 24 are in serious condition.
The accident occurred around 19:40 (21:40 Moscow time) on January 18 in the village of Adamus in the province of Cordoba. The train traveling on the Malaga —Madrid route carried 317 passengers. At one point, he drove onto a nearby track, along which the Madrid—Huelva train was moving.
Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente called the emergency extremely strange: it occurred on a section that was renovated in May last year, and the derailed train is relatively new, it is about four years old.
Emergency services continue to work at the site, reports ria.ru.
