Commuter train crash in Barcelona station injures 48

There were no deaths reported


Reuters July 28, 2017
A commuter train is seen crashed into a railway buffer in Barcelona's Francia station, Spain July 28, 2017 in this still image from a video obtained from social media. PHOTO: REUTERS

MADRID: A commuter train crashed into a railway buffer in Barcelona's Francia station, injuring 48 people, five of those seriously, emergency services said on Friday.

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There were no deaths reported. At least 18 of the injured need hospital attention, emergency services said. The driver was among the injured, they said.

The train was coming from Sant Vicenc de Calders village in the province of Tarragona on the R2 line of the Rodalies commuter rail service, emergency services said. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

 

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