Does a video of jostled passengers show the moments inside a high-speed train before a fatal crash in Urda, Spain, on Oct. 28, 2026? No, that's not true: The video was posted on Facebook on Feb. 2, 2020, more than six years before that crash. The passenger who posted the 2020 video said in the caption that the Alvia train from Huelva to Madrid swayed back and forth the whole trip, leaving the passenger feeling nauseous.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) by the @macronews account on X on Oct. 28, 2026. Translated from Spanish by Grok, it read:
🚨 Unforgivable tragedy! The worst railway accident in Europe in the last 80 years in Spain (46 dead). Passengers captured the violent jolt before the crash. Experts had warned about it and the government did nothing. 🚆⚠️ #España #Accidente #Noticias
This is what a screenshot of the video in the post looked like at the time of publication:
(Image source: post by @macronews on X.)
The Spanish text caption on the video, translated by Google in advanced mode (archived here), reads:
THE VIDEO THAT REVEALS EVERYTHING!
PASSENGER RECORDS THE SECONDS LEADING UP TO A HIGH-SPEED DERAILMENT IN SPAIN
There was a fatal train crash in Urda, Spain, on Oct. 28, 2026. Associated Press (AP) reported (archived here) at least 68 people have died as of publication. A state-owned RENFE high-speed train hit the back of a train run by a private company, IRYO, that was stopped on the tracks. This fact check does not address the post's claims about the death toll, the accident's historical ranking, prior warnings or government inaction.
The video posted by @macronews does not show the moments before the Oct. 28, 2026, crash. Lead Stories ran a reverse image search and found that the footage in the post has been online for more than six years.
The video appeared in a post (archived here) made on Feb. 2, 2020, in a Facebook group (pictured below). The about section for the Facebook group Asociación Plataforma para la llegada de la L.A.V. a Huelva (archived here) says it is an advocacy group to bring high-speed rail to the municipality of Huelva, Spain, and its province. The post included two videos showing the rocking action inside the train car. One video is 20 seconds long; the other is 12 seconds. The post was captioned in Spanish, translated by Google (archived here):
On the Alvia train from Huelva to Madrid, I spent the entire journey swaying back and forth--tossed from side to side the whole way, feeling completely nauseous. As always, Alvia just laughs in our faces.
P.S. And the ticket cost €73--more expensive than an AVE ticket!
(Image source: post by @moises.perezjimenez.96 on Facebook.)
