Spain's transport minister called the derailment of two trains "extremely strange."

Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente said on January 19 that the accident involving two high-speed trains that derailed on the evening of January 18 was "extremely strange."

"The accident is extremely strange, it happened on a straight section of the track, and experts are confused. We hope that the investigation will help us clarify what happened," the LibertadDigital online newspaper quoted the minister as saying.

Puente added that the section of railway where the tragedy occurred has recently been repaired, and the derailed train is relatively new.

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As a result of the incident, seven people died and dozens were injured.

The elPeriodico newspaper reported on the derailment of two trains on January 18. At that time, it was known about two dead and an unknown number of injured, but later the death toll increased to five people.

Later that day, it became known that the death toll from an accident on railway tracks in the Spanish province of Cordoba rose to seven people, and then to 21. At the same time, data appeared on 25 victims.

The causes of the accident are unknown, and it is not yet possible to determine the exact number of victims.

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