A journalist and photographer have been named among the 39 victims of the fatal Cordoba train crash.
Oscar Toro and his wife Maria Clauss were travelling from Madrid to Huelva together on the Renfe Alvia train when it collided with the derailed Iryo service.
The couple, who share a daughter, were well known in Huelva for their work in journalism, photography, activism, education and culture, according to ABC de Huelva.
Their daughter was at Huelva train station on Sunday night among relatives desperately seeking information about their loved ones following the tragedy.
The accident occurred when an Iryo train travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed and collided with an Alvia service heading from Madrid to Huelva. The provisional death toll currently stands at 39.
Oscar Toro held a PhD cum laude in Communication from the University of Huelva and specialised in journalism and communication for social change and development.
Toro described himself as a journalist, consultant in communication for social change and university lecturer.
He collaborated with Huelva24.com through his column INvisible, Periodismo Visible and was closely involved in promoting ethical and inclusive communication through seminars, NGO projects and the Association INvisible, which he also chaired.
María Clauss was a highly regarded freelance photographer whose work focused on photojournalism, visual culture and documentary storytelling. She held a degree in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid and specialised in television documentary production.
Her work appeared in national, regional and local media.
Among her awards were the 26th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award from Doctors of the World (2023), the non-profit category prize at the Ethical Photography Festival (2023), and the Andalusia Regional Government’s First Migration Award (2021), among others.
