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DEVELOPING · 28 OCT → 1 NOV 2026 · 5 EDITIONS · 204 OUTLETS

Spain investigates high-speed train collision that killed at least 69

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 102 204 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 1 Nov 28 Oct 12:11 UTC · At Least 39 Killed in High-Speed Train Collision in Spain 28 Oct 18:11 UTC · At least 68 killed in collision between high-speed trains in Spain 29 Oct 00:11 UTC · At Least 68 Killed in Spanish High-Speed Train Collision 29 Oct 06:10 UTC · Spain Mourns 68 Killed in High-Speed Train Collision 29 Oct 12:11 UTC · Spain investigates control centre order after high-speed train crash kills at least 69 30 Oct 18:20 UTC · Spain investigates high-speed train collision that killed at least 69

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 6 HEADLINES

  1. 28 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    At Least 39 Killed in High-Speed Train Collision in Spain

  2. 28 Oct, 18:11 UTC

    At least 68 killed in collision between high-speed trains in Spain

  3. 29 Oct, 00:11 UTC

    At Least 68 Killed in Spanish High-Speed Train Collision

  4. 29 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    Spain Mourns 68 Killed in High-Speed Train Collision

  5. 29 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    Spain investigates control centre order after high-speed train crash kills at least 69

  6. 30 Oct, 18:20 UTC

    Spain investigates high-speed train collision that killed at least 69

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • 1,500 people gathered · from 29 Oct 10:50, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people killed: 30 (9 from 28 Oct 08:50) → 10 (1 from 28 Oct 09:17) → 68 (4 from 28 Oct 09:17) → 80 (1 from 28 Oct 09:26) → 46 (2 from 28 Oct 11:01) → 39 (1 from 28 Oct 11:50) → 64 (4 from 28 Oct 13:24)
  • dead two: 30 (7 from 28 Oct 08:50) → 39 (2 from 28 Oct 09:55) → 10 (6 from 28 Oct 10:00) → 64 (2 from 28 Oct 13:45) → 68 (1 from 29 Oct 10:00)
  • people died: 68 (3 from 28 Oct 05:56) → 30 (4 from 28 Oct 10:49) → 46 (2 from 28 Oct 12:01) → 80 (4 from 28 Oct 12:01) → 64 (1 from 28 Oct 15:37)
  • people been: 147 (3 from 28 Oct 05:56) → 10 (1 from 28 Oct 09:17) → 68 (2 from 28 Oct 09:17) → 30 (2 from 28 Oct 11:01) → 39 (1 from 28 Oct 11:02) → 64 (1 from 28 Oct 14:33) → 80 (1 from 28 Oct 14:33) → 100 (1 from 28 Oct 15:05)
  • dead crash: 10 (4 from 28 Oct 10:00) → 30 (6 from 28 Oct 10:09) → 39 (1 from 28 Oct 12:00)
  • people injured: 80 (2 from 28 Oct 09:55) → 37 (1 from 28 Oct 09:55) → 46 (1 from 28 Oct 11:50) → 58 (1 from 28 Oct 14:33) → 64 (2 from 28 Oct 15:05) → 68 (1 from 29 Oct 05:31) → 69 (1 from 29 Oct 11:07)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.