Spain train crash: Cambridge scientist Marta Shahbazi and four US citizens among the 69 dead

Summary

University of Cambridge scientist Dr Marta Shahbazi was named on Sunday 1 November as one of the 69 people killed in the deadly high-speed train crash in Spain, Sky News and the Bristol Post reported, The Guardian writing that the collision on Wednesday 28 October, near Urda in Toledo province, killed at least 69 people, and Chronicle Live placing the crash in Los Yébenes, Toledo. An affiliate associate professor at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and a group leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Dr Shahbazi was travelling to a conference to receive an award for scientific excellence in developmental biology, The Guardian reported, Euronews naming the 2026 José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta prize, and the CiMUS institute confirmed the death, according to the Manchester Evening News. On Monday 2 November authorities said four US citizens and nationals from Japan and Canada were among the dead, The Guardian reported, the disaster, one of Europe's deadliest rail incidents this century, having killed 69 people, including 54 Spaniards, and Euronews reported officials saying one Czech national was also among them, writing that the accident, Spain's second high-speed train collision this year after a crash in Andalusia in January killed 46 people, raised fresh questions about the country's rail safety.

Latest: Authorities said four US citizens and nationals from Japan and Canada were among the 69 people killed, including 54 Spaniards, The Guardian reported, and Euronews reported officials saying one Czech national was also among the dead, the accident being Spain's second high-speed train collision this year.

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