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Part of situation: Urda train collision in Spain (2 clusters)

Urda train collision kills two prominent scientists

Urda train collision Marta Shahbazi Alonso Tamara González Costa Spanish Society for Developmental Biology MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Authorities have confirmed the deaths of scientists Marta Shahbazi Alonso and Tamara González Costa following a train collision near Urda, Toledo, on October 28. The accident involved an AVE high-speed train colliding with a stationary Iryo train, resulting in 69 fatalities.

Marta Shahbazi Alonso, 41, was a group leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge and an affiliate associate professor at the University of Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. She was traveling to El Rompido, Huelva, to receive the 2026 José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta Award from the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology for her research on early human embryo development. She is survived by her husband and two children, aged three and seven.

Tamara González Costa, 31, was a molecular bioscience researcher who worked at the Institute of Biotechnology in Vienna, Austria. Both women were originally from the León province in Spain and had been reported missing for several days following the incident.

The collision resulted in 110 hospitalizations, with 31 people remaining hospitalized as of November 1.

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · Marta Shahbazi Alonso · Spanish Society for Developmental Biology · Tamara González Costa · University of Cambridge · Urda

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‘A perfect scientist, a perfect mum’: researchers mourn two biologists’ deaths in Spanish train crash [www.nature.com]
Confirmado el fallecimiento de la científica española Marta Shahbazi en el siniestro de Urda [www.lavanguardia.com]
Cambridge scientist dies in Spanish train crash [www.myjoyonline.com]
León está de luto por la muerte de las científicas Marta Shahbazi y Tamara González en el accidente de Urda [www.diariodeleon.es]
Dos científicas relacionadas con la USC entre las fallecidas en Urda y un herido de Abadín [www.galiciapress.es]
Dos científicas fallecidas en el accidente de Urda viajaban a Huelva para participar en un congreso [www.huelvainformacion.es]
Confirman la muerte de la científica española Marta Shahbazi, víctima del accidente de trenes de Urda [www.elperiodicoextremadura.com]
El CiMUS lamenta la muerte de la científica Marta Shahbazi, sobrina de la conocida investigadora gallega María José Alonso, en el accidente de Toledo [www.laopinioncoruna.es]
Dos científicas leonesas, entre las víctimas del accidente ferroviario de Urda [theobjective.com]
Las científicas leonesas Tamara González y Marta Shahbazi mueren en el accidente de Urda | Las últimas Noticias de España y del Mundo - upday News [www.upday.com]
Lab mourns loss of 'rising star' killed in Spanish rail tragedy - Laboratory News [labnews.co.uk]
Confirman la muerte de la científica española Marta Shahbazi, víctima del accidente de trenes de Urda [www.lacronicabadajoz.com]
Marta Shahbazi Alonso Y El Legado De Una Científica Brillante [www.elperiodico.digital]
Confirman la muerte de la científica leonesa Marta Shahbazi en Urda [ahoraleon.com]
León, de luto por la muerte de Tamara González y Marta Shahbazi en el accidente de Urda [www.noticiasbierzo.es]
Una venezolana está entre los fallecidos por el choque de trenes en España | Yaracuy al Día [yaracuyaldia.com]