Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

Several injured after engine collides with passenger train in Spain

The collission occurred near the town of Vila-seca, south of Barcelona.
The collission occurred near the town of Vila-seca, south of Barcelona. Copyright  Euronews
Copyright Euronews
By Euronews with AP, EFE
Published on
Share this article Comments
Share this article Close Button

The incident comes just one month after another train collision in the same region of Catalonia.

ADVERTISEMENT

At least 30 people have been injured after a regional passenger train and a locomotive collided head-on in northeastern Spain.

The collision occurred late on Sunday near the town of Vila-seca, in the province of Tarragona.

Officials in Catalonia said that 22 people had been hospitalised after the incident, including five people in a serious condition.

At the time of the collision, 75 passengers had been travelling on the train from Barcelona to Tortosa.

Spain’s Adif railway infrastructure company said the freight train engine had suffered a brake problem and appeared to have run through a red light. The collision remains under investigation.

Traffic on the line remained interrupted on Monday.

The collision comes last than one month after a freight train and passenger train collided in the same Spanish region, killing one driver and injuring 86 others.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share this article Comments

Read more

Spanish activists arrive home after Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla

Red alert in Ibiza and Formentera as flash floods cause widespread chaos

Sudden heavy rains trigger rescues and evacuations in northern Spain