Spain's transport minister Oscar Puente announced his resignation Tuesday evening, one week after the deadly train collision in Toledo province that left at least 69 people dead and 180 injured.
In his resignation statement, Puente addressed last Wednesday's disaster alongside another serious crash that occurred this past January in Badajoz province, which killed 46 people and injured 152 others. "A transport minister in a country like Spain cannot continue in office after two accidents of this magnitude in less than a year," he said.
