Two college students from Washington state attending California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, were severely injured in a high-speed train crash in Spain Oct. 28, 2026. The same collision killed 69 people.
The crash occurred when a communication system failure led train controllers to give a green light to a train while another train was stopped on the tracks.
The two students, Leah Silver-Fajardo and Austin Hartman, survived with extensive injuries and remain hospitalized in Spain, as their families travel overseas to support their recoveries…