The Minister of Transport, Oscar Puentepresents this Tuesday a report on the train accident in Urda (Toledo) to the Council of Ministerswhich will also approve a decree of aids for the victims, after which Puente will appear, first at a press conference, and in the afternoon at the Congress to explain his management in this tragedy.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezannounced on Monday in Barcelona that the royal decree for those affected by this railway accident will provide aid with an amount that will “double” the mandatory insurance of passengers and a specific mechanism of advance of compensation.
This decree is based on the one approved by the Government after the accident in the past January 18 in Adamuz (Cordova) and doubles the compensation for compulsory travel insurance (SOV), with which the maximum automatic compensation per deceased would reach 216,364.68 euros.
It also anticipates these compensationthrough a mechanism so that victims and family members receive a first compensation without waiting for all administrative or judicial procedures to be concluded.
It also establishes a special procedure for sick leave with “enhanced coverage” for those who have suffered injuries due to the accident and the start-up of offices of personalized comprehensive care in the delegations and subdelegations of the Government of the autonomous communities where those affected reside.
On the other hand, the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences Toledo and Royal City has already identified the 69 deceased in the train accident. According to the provisional balance released by the Superior Court of Justice from Castilla-La Mancha, 54 of the deceased are of Spanish nationality and 15 They are foreign citizens. The deceased are 40 men and 29 womenall of legal age. Among the 15 foreign citizens, 4 are American nationals; 2 of Australian nationality; 2 Japanese; 1 Argentine; 1 Canadian; 1 Czech; 1 French; 1 Mexican; 1 Portuguese and 1 Tunisian.