One killed and four injured in Barcelona train crash
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Published: 9 Feb, 2019 CET.
Updated: Sat 9 Feb 2019 12:48 CET
A train driver died and four people were seriously injured in northeast Spain Friday when two trains collided head-on outside Barcelona, the rail company and emergency services said.
The crash occurred during the after-work rush hour, near Castellgali some 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the Catalan capital, national rail company Renfe said in a statement.
Dos dels ferits de l'accident de tren de #Castellgalí estan ingressats a @vallhebron.
El més greu és un nadó de 18 mesos, que està estable dins de la gravetat. | @joana_sendra pic.twitter.com/LNVbWlfA4z
— L'Informatiu (@linformatiu_tve) February 9, 2019
The collision claimed the life of a 26-year-old driver and severely injured four passengers, while another 100 suffered minor injuries, the emergency services said on Twitter.
Sixty-five people were unharmed.
Renfe said an investigation was opened into the crash.
In November, one person died and 49 others were injured on the same line when a landslide caused a train to derail.
Imatges d’aquest matí dels trens accidentats a Castellgalí. S’està investigant les causes del xoc. En l'accident va morir la conductora d'un dels trens i han quedat ferides greus 6 persones. |@MariaRios_Al @joana_sendra @AidaSinfreu pic.twitter.com/977sGLIoSA
— L'Informatiu (@linformatiu_tve) February 9, 2019
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The crash occurred during the after-work rush hour, near Castellgali some 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the Catalan capital, national rail company Renfe said in a statement.
Dos dels ferits de l'accident de tren de #Castellgalí estan ingressats a @vallhebron.
— L'Informatiu (@linformatiu_tve) February 9, 2019
El més greu és un nadó de 18 mesos, que està estable dins de la gravetat. | @joana_sendra pic.twitter.com/LNVbWlfA4z
The collision claimed the life of a 26-year-old driver and severely injured four passengers, while another 100 suffered minor injuries, the emergency services said on Twitter.
Sixty-five people were unharmed.
Renfe said an investigation was opened into the crash.
In November, one person died and 49 others were injured on the same line when a landslide caused a train to derail.
Imatges d’aquest matí dels trens accidentats a Castellgalí. S’està investigant les causes del xoc. En l'accident va morir la conductora d'un dels trens i han quedat ferides greus 6 persones. |@MariaRios_Al @joana_sendra @AidaSinfreu pic.twitter.com/977sGLIoSA
— L'Informatiu (@linformatiu_tve) February 9, 2019
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