All 69 victims of Spain's high-speed train collision identified-Xinhua - 新华网
MADRID, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- All 69 people killed in last week's high-speed train collision in Urda, in the central Spanish province of Toledo, have been identified, the country's Integrated Data Center (CID) said Monday.
The provisional death toll remains at 69, including 54 Spanish nationals and 15 foreigners, according to the CID.
Among the foreign victims were four Americans, two Australians and two Japanese nationals, as well as one each from Argentina, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Mexico, Portugal and Tunisia.
The victims, all adults, included 40 men and 29 women.
The Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Toledo and Ciudad Real completed the identification process. Of the 69 victims, 56 were identified through fingerprint analysis conducted by the Civil Guard's Criminalistics Service, while the remaining 13 were identified through DNA testing by the National Institute of Toxicology.
The families of all 69 victims have been notified of the identification results, while the relevant consular offices have also been informed in cases involving foreign nationals. ■
