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Cambridge scientist Marta Shahbazi dies in Spanish train crash that killed 69
November 1, 2026 at 03:56 PM
A University of Cambridge scientist was among at least 69 people killed when a high-speed train struck another near Urda in central Spain.
- A Renfe high-speed train struck a stationary Iryo-operated train near Urda on 28 October, killing at least 69 people.
- Dr Marta Shahbazi, an affiliate associate professor at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, was among the dead.
- Shahbazi had won the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology prize and was due to collect it at a conference in El Rompido.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised an investigation, and three days of national mourning began on Thursday.