The Civil Guard has set up four offices for family support, one of which is in Madrid, to collect DNA samples and match them with the victims. The agents are also analysing the trains and the tracks.
Four family support offices in Toledo, Madrid, Seville and Córdoba are already gathering information and biological samples from the relatives of the victims of the train accident that occurred in Toledo. According to articulo14.es, the operation has two fronts: to assist families awaiting news and to gather evidence to clarify the incident.
The offices are located in the Civil Guard Zone of Madrid, at Batalla del Salado, 32, and in the Toledo Command, at Barber Avenue, 42. The other two are in the Seville Zone, at Borbolla Avenue, 8, and in the Córdoba facilities, accessible via Mozárabes Avenue.
They collect biological samples from direct family members, first-degree relatives, to compare their genetic profiles with those obtained from the victims. The DNA matching is crucial when the condition of the bodies prevents visual identification, and the results must be validated with forensic checks before confirming each identity.
According to data provided by the Civil Guard, 230 Citizen Security personnel are involved, nearly 50 Traffic officers, GRS, over 80 Cavalry and riot GRS, and around fifty Judicial Police. Additionally, three Air Service helicopters, four mobile offices, mountain rescue guards, two rescue dogs, and seven drones have been deployed.
One of the drones operates at 50 meters from ground zero and generates a cloud of photographic points to build a 3D scene that allows for the reconstruction of the accident. Specialists in ocular inspections and forensics document the damage to the trains and examine the tracks, ties, and ballast, the layer of stone on which the rails rest.
The position of the trains, the distribution of debris, and any marks found may help determine how the incident occurred. The investigation will also rely on the technical records of the trains, the "black boxes," and camera recordings that may show the moments leading up to the event.
The Civil Guard has taken statements from the control centre operator who was regulating traffic at that time and from his colleagues, as well as from railway workers and passengers. The testimonies will need to be cross-referenced with technical records and material evidence.
Agents from the Toledo Command and the Central Operational Unit (UCO), dispatched from Madrid, are reinforcing the proceedings. The Judicial Police is trying to determine if there are indications of criminal responsibility. Those with first-degree direct relatives can go to any of the four offices.
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