EU prosecutors open fraud probe into Spanish rail line after fatal crash

EU prosecutors are investigating possible fraud in EU funds for the Madrid-Seville high-speed line, where a crash killed 69 people on October 28.

• The European Public Prosecutor's Office said it carried out investigative measures at Adif, rail safety agency AESF and the Court of Auditors.
• A Renfe train struck a stationary Iryo train outside Urda on October 28, killing 69 people.
• It is the second EU fraud inquiry into Spain's railways this year, after 46 people died at Adamuz in January.
• Transport Minister Oscar Puente resigned on Tuesday, and Adif president Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña quit the next day.