At least 40 people have been killed and more than 100 others were injured from a high-speed train collision in southern Spain, according to emergency officials.

The death toll from Sunday's train derailment and collision in southern Spain rose to 40 on Monday, as investigations continued probing the cause of the incident.

The President and the Minister of Transport visited the site of the accident Monday morning, later in the day the government decreed three days of mourning. View on euronews

ADAMUZ, Spain >> At least 39 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday night in one of the worst railway accidents in Europe in the past 80 years.

The Spanish Royal Family has released King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia's emotional statement over train accident in the town of Adamuz , Córdoba.On Sunday, January 18, just hours after the deadly incident occurred - which