Spain train crash: four US citizens, and nationals from Japan, Canada among dead, authorities say

The train disaster, one of Europe’s deadliest rail incidents this century, killed 69 people, including 54 Spaniards

Four US citizens and one each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic were among the 69 killed in last week’s high-speed train collision in Spain, authorities said.

Wednesday’s disaster – one of Europe’s deadliest rail accidents this century – has seen victims’ relatives endure an agonising wait as forensics teams identify the dead, sometimes from individual body parts.