More than 150 people injured in train collision near Barcelona
Dozens of passengers were injured in a collision between two trains at a station in Barcelona on Wednesday. Spanish state-owned operator Renfe said a train crashed into another one from behind at the Montcada i Reixac station at around 7:50 a.m. (0650 GMT), news agency EFE reported.
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- Published Date: 12:50 | 07 December 2022
- Modified Date: 12:57 | 07 December 2022
More than 150 people were lightly injured Wednesday when a train ran into the back of another at a station near Barcelona, the emergency services and Spain's Renfe rail operator said Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the SEM regional emergency services said the vast majority of those hurt in the collision which occurred just before 8:00 am (0700 GMT) sustained light injuries, while five were in moderate condition.
"There was a collision between two trains at 7:50 am at the Montcada i Reixac-Manresa station, on the line heading to Barcelona, that's to say one train ran into the back of another," a spokesman for the state rail operator told AFP.
Rail traffic along the line was suspended in both directions and Renfe had opened an investigation into what happened, he said.
"There were 155 people affected of which 150 were lightly injured and five who were moderately hurt," a spokeswoman told AFP.
She said 18 medical units had been deployed to the area, which lies some 10 kilometres (six miles) north of Barcelona.
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