BARCELONA, Spain -- The deadly train wreck in southern Spain has cast a pall over one of the nation’s symbols of success. The collision Sunday killed at least 40 people and injured dozens more, according to officials as of Monday night.

A high-speed train in southern Spain derailed Sunday evening, colliding with another train and killing at least 39 people.

At least 39 people were killed and around 150 were injured when two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain on Sunday.

A high-speed train derailed and hurtled into another train in Spain on Sunday evening, killing at least 40 people and leaving dozens more injured in one of the country’s worst rail disasters in more than a decade.

Pedro Sanchez announces three days of mourning after at least 40 people died in Sunday's collision in southern Spain.

MADRID, Jan 18 (Reuters) - At least two people have died and an unknown number are trapped after two high-speed trains derailed on Sunday in southern Spain, state-run television channel RTVE said, citing police sources.

A high-speed train derailed and smashed into another oncoming train in southern Spain on Sunday (Jan 18), pushing the second train off the tracks and down an embankment in a collision that police sources confirmed to Reuters had killed at least 21 people.

At least 39 people have been tragically killed following two high-speed trains derailing in Spain, as other injured passengers remain trapped.

At least 21 passengers were killed when two high-speed trains derailed in southern Spain on Sunday evening. Both were heading towards Madrid's Puerta de Atocha.