Over 100 Injured In Spanish Train Collision

Over 100 Injured In Spanish Train Collision

 

 

At least 155 people have been injured after two trains collided in the Catalonia region of north-eastern Spain, emergency services have said. The crash, which occurred around 07:50 (06:50 GMT), took place at a station on the outskirts of Barcelona. Local media reported that the trains had been travelling in the

 

same direction and collided while one was parked at the station. It is unclear how the accident happened and officials are yet to comment. Emergency officials wrote on Twitter that the crash happened at the Montcada i Reixac Manresa station, about 12km (7 miles) from the city centre.Writing on Twitter, emergency

 

 

services said that 150 people were “in a mild condition” and five others had been left with “in a less serious condition”. They added that three people had been transferred to hospital. Train traffic was briefly disrupted on several lines due to the accident, the national rail service Renfe said. O