The Spanish authorities confirmed to the Cuban Embassy in Spain the death of a Cuban citizen among the victims of the accident railway occurred in Adamuz, Córdoba, after the collision between an Iryo train and an Alvia that covered the Madrid-Huelva route.
Although it does not provide information about the victim, the diplomatic headquarters reported that the body was identified on January 21 and that it is coordinating with local authorities for the corresponding procedures.
However, The Spanish newspaper Huelva24 reveals that it is Tamara Margarita Valdés50 years old, resident in Bellavista (Aljaraque), Huelva, and director of a real estate company.
According to the media, he was initially on the list of missing people after the incident, which left at least 45 dead and dozens injured, according to diplomatic authorities and local reports.
Valdés was traveling back to Huelva after spending the weekend in Madrid with friends. Mother of an 18-year-old girl, the woman had arrived in Spain in 1995 as a member of the artistic group “Oro Negro” during a cultural tour, and subsequently settled, first in the Canary Islands and then in Huelva.
Her husband, Ramón Montón, moved to Córdoba in the days after the accident for search work, the newspaper adds.
Cuban among the injured
In the same accident, another Cuban, the designer Daniela Arteaga Martínez (28 years old), is among the more than 150 injured in the accident railway that occurred this Sunday in Adamuz, in the south of Spain, and which has left 45 dead so far, as confirmed The Country.
A young Cuban woman was injured in a tragic train accident in Spain; remains hospitalized
The young woman, graduated from the Higher Institute of Design and now awarded a scholarship by the International University of Andalusia (UNIA) to pursue a master’s degree in Communication and Audiovisual Education, remains admitted to the Reina Sofía hospital in Córdoba, but her condition is stable and her life is not in danger, she declared days ago to OnCuba a close friend.
“She was traveling on the train that covered the Madrid-Huelva route and suffered fractures in several ribs and bruises on her head,” detailed the same source, although she assures that at this time new medical examinations are pending.
According to a report of ABC, The director of the Ibero-American Headquarters of the Rábida of the UNIA, María de la O Barroso, said that, on Sunday night, after hearing the news, she was seeking information at the Huelva station, but it was not until this Monday morning that they were able to confirm Daniela’s situation.
The young Cuban, she said, “was ‘super happy’ to have been awarded a scholarship to come to Huelva and to have obtained a visa to enter Spain.”
Daniela had arrived that same day at the Barajas Adolfo Suárez airport in Madrid and had to continue her journey to her final destination, Huelva, on the damaged train.
The accident, which occurred in Adamuz, province of Córdoba, was caused by the derailment of an Iryo company train and its subsequent collision with another train from the public company Renfe, which was traveling in the opposite direction on an adjacent track.
The Iryo train, which had left Malaga at 6:40 p.m. (local time) bound for the Puerta de Atocha station in Madrid and with 317 people on board, derailed its last three cars at 7:39 p.m. in Adamuz, in the south of the country, in the community of Andalusia.
According to reports, the cars invaded the parallel track on which a Renfe Alvia train was traveling at that time bound for Huelva, which also derailed after the impact.
The Iryo cars collided with the first two Alvia cars, which were thrown and fell down an embankment. The driver was killed.
