Vox has filed a complaint this Thursday before the Supreme Court against the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, for alleged crimes of homicide and serious reckless injury and for commission by omission, in relation to the railway accident in Urda (Toledo), in which at least 69 people have died.
The party led by Santiago Abascal maintains, according to a statement, that the minister would have failed to comply with his personal duties of direction, control, and supervision in railway safety matters, an extreme that, in the party's opinion, must be investigated by justice.
The doubts raised by the complaint about railway safety
The Vox brief asks to determine what information Óscar Puente received, or what information he should have demanded, about safety deficiencies, what measures he promoted to correct them, and how he verified their execution. The complaint places the ministerial management prior to the accident and the possible lack of action in the face of reported risks at the center of the investigation.
Furthermore, the party incorporates into its argumentation the warnings and claims made after the accidents of Adamuz and Gelida, as well as the agreement reached on February 9 between the Ministry of Transport and the trade unions to reinforce the maintenance, personnel, and safety of railway infrastructures.
Adamuz, Gelida, and the February 9 agreement
The complaint, as detailed by the party, links these precedents with the Urda accident to argue that there were sufficient elements to activate prevention and control measures, both technically and organizationally. In this context, Vox demands clarification on whether the known warnings were addressed and whether the decisions adopted by the ministry resulted in effective improvements in railway safety.