Spain’s government is expected to approve an initial package of financial support for victims of the Toledo rail disaster on Tuesday.
The measures will be set out in a royal decree covering those injured and the families of passengers killed in Wednesday’s collision near Urda.
According to Cadena SER, bereaved families are entitled to just over €72,000 under Spain’s compulsory passenger insurance scheme.
Injured passengers can receive between €2,400 and €84,000 under the scheme, depending on the severity of their injuries. The maximum applies to conditions including blindness and tetraplegia.
Those insurance payments are separate from the government aid package, whose total value and individual amounts have yet to be announced.
Following the earlier Adamuz rail disaster, government assistance totalled €20million.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said during a visit to Toledo on Thursday that the state would provide financial support alongside its emergency response and efforts to establish what happened.
Transport Minister Oscar Puente is also expected to submit a report on the crash to Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting.
Government sources told EFE that Puente would then appear at the post-Cabinet press conference to explain the report and the support measures.
Later that day, he is scheduled to address Congress’s Permanent Deputation, presenting the information available about the collision.
His report is expected to expand on explanations given at Friday’s press conference at the Transport Ministry.
During that appearance, Puente again ruled out resigning and said he was preparing measures to reduce the risk of technical failures and restore public confidence in Spain’s railway system.
