The confirmed death toll of the Cordoba train disaster is now 45 following the discovery of the final two missing bodies.
The corpses were found together on Thursday morning following a renewed search in the immediate surroundings of the crash site in Adamuz.
They were the last two victims still officially listed as missing after Sunday night’s collision involving two trains.
Emergencias Andalucia confirmed that the search involved 18 forest firefighters, one supervisor and a dedicated logistics and transport unit with six vehicles.
Personnel from the INFOCA service were deployed around the so-called ‘ground zero’ of Adamuz, working alongside security forces to comb the area.
The renewed effort was launched after the wreckage of the Alvia train had been lifted and the two missing individuals were not found inside the carriages or nearby.
This led authorities to widen the search perimeter in the surrounding terrain.
Investigators had been considering several possibilities: that the victims may have escaped the carriages injured and later died nearby, or that they were thrown clear of the train on impact.
Both bodies were eventually located close to the crash site, confirming the worst fears and closing the official list of missing persons.
President of Andalucia Juanma Moreno travelled to Adamuz on Thursday morning to observe the search operation.
He was joined by the regional minister for emergencies, Antonio Sanz, as teams continued their work on the ground.
With the recovery of the final two victims, authorities have confirmed that 45 people lost their lives in the Adamuz rail disaster.
Emergency services say the search phase has now concluded, allowing efforts to fully shift towards investigation, identification and support for victims’ families.
The accident is already being described as one of the deadliest rail tragedies in recent Spanish history, with the community of Adamuz and the wider province of Cordoba continuing to mourn the scale of the loss.
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