Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente offered his resignation on Tuesday in the wake of a train crash on October 28 south of Madrid that killed 69 people.

"A transport ​minister ‌in a country like Spain cannot continue in ‌office with two accidents ‌of ​this severity in less than a year," he told lawmakers.

Puente did not specify when he will leave ​his post.

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Source: Deutsche Welle · Wesley Rahn

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