56 of the 69 victims of the Urda rail accident identified
The Data Integration Centre used fingerprints in 52 cases and DNA tests in four others; 36 bodies had already been released to their families.
By Saturday 31 October, the Data Integration Centre (CID) had identified 56 of the 69 people who died in the rail accident in Urda (Toledo). The crash happened on Wednesday 28, and the provisional death toll remained at 69.
Those identified included 54 Spaniards, one French national and one Portuguese national. The other 13 victims were foreign nationals, and their identification required international cooperation, according to information released by the CID.
The Guardia Civil’s Criminalistics Service identified 52 people using fingerprints and a further four through DNA tests. By that date, the families of 51 people had been informed of their identification, and 36 bodies had been released to their relatives.
Forensic work was being carried out at the Institutes of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences in Toledo and Ciudad Real, under the protocol activated for incidents involving multiple victims. The CID expected to complete the 13 outstanding identifications in the hours that followed.
The accident took place in Urda, in the province of Toledo, and the investigation into its causes continued as identification and rescue work progressed. The progress of the forensic process directly affects the families, who need official confirmation to arrange farewells and deal with the subsequent formalities.
Article by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.
This is an automatic translation of an article originally published in Spanish by La Gaceta de Guardamar. If in doubt, the Spanish version prevails. Read the original · More news in English