The Kings will travel this Thursday to the University Hospital of Toledo, at 3:00 p.m., to visit those injured in the Urda train accident, as reported by Zarzuela. The visit comes a day after the accident recorded on the railway line, after the collision of an AVE train with an Iryo convoy.
The spokesperson for the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, Esther Padilla, has maintained the figure of 53 people admitted to the region's hospitals, 15 of them in the different Intensive Care Units (ICU), due to Wednesday's train accident.
Affected hospitals and balance of admitted patients
Padilla has detailed that, specifically, there are 15 people admitted to the Ciudad Real hospital, 36 to the Mancha Centro in Alcázar de San Juan, 41 to the University Hospital of Toledo, 13 to Manzanares, 4 to Valdepeñas and one more person to Albacete.
The accident has mobilized emergency services and health teams in the region, while care for those affected continues in different hospitals in Castilla-La Mancha.
The Royal Household suspends several official events
The Royal Household has also confirmed the cancellation of the Kings' attendance at the presentation of the 24th edition of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language, scheduled for this Friday in Madrid. In addition, the presence of Queen Doña Sofía at the charity concert 'We Invest in Fesbal', which is held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, has been suspended.
Felipe VI conveys his condolences from Bétera
King Felipe VI conveyed from Bétera (Valencia) the "condolences, support and affection" of the Royal Household in such a "hard and difficult" moment, when he was at the military base to attend the 'GRIFO 2026' exercise of the NBQ Defense Regiment Valencia nº 1, in the maneuvering field of the Jaime I Military Base.
There, the monarch learned of "the news of the terrible AVE accident near Toledo" and stated to the media: "The first thing is to regret the terrible accident with apparently a high number of fatalities and many injured. I know that they are in the process of emergency care and are recovering and analyzing all the circumstances."
Felipe VI also explained that he was able to speak with the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, and added that, after the accident, Zarzuela shortened the planned activity at the Bétera barracks so that the King could return as soon as possible.
