The regional government of Castile-La Mancha made an urgent appeal for blood donation in the hospitals of Toledo and Ciudad Real after a railway accident that caused at least 30 deaths, according to the EFE agency.
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28/10/2026
by
Lusa
Castile-La Mancha
O Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha today made an urgent call for blood donation in the hospitals of Toledo and Ciudad Real to meet the victims of the railway accident in Urda.
“ We ask all blood donors to go to the hospitals of Toledo and Ciudad Real to urgently restore the reserves,” the regional executive said in his communication channels.
Blood “of all kinds” is needed, added in the message, quoted by the Spanish agency EFE.
The accident, which occurred this morning near Urda station (Toledo), involved two high-speed trains and caused at least 30 deaths.
The regional government maintains active level 2 of the Castile-La Mancha Territorial Emergency Plan (Platecam), which was initially activated at 9:15 local (08:15 in Lisbon) in the emergency phase.
The first wounded have already entered the hospitals of Toledo, Ciudad Real and Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real), according to EFE.
More than 540 people traveled on the two high-speed trains involved in the collision.