One killed and 15 injured in Spain practice crash days after lethal Adamuz collision | EUROtoday

A commuter practice has struck a collapsed retaining wall in Spain, killing the motive force and injuring 36 individuals, Spanish authorities stated.

The accident occurred on account of heavy rain close to the Spanish metropolis of Barcelona, and 5 individuals have been left critically injured.

It has come simply two days after 42 individuals had been killed in a high-speed practice collision and derailment close to Adamuz within the southern Córdoba province.

Claudi Gallardo, inspector on the Catalonia regional hearth division, stated in televised feedback from the location of the crash that 37 individuals had been injured, 4 of them critically, and the motive force had died. He stated all passengers had been faraway from the practice.

Catalonia’s civil safety company later revised the damage toll to 36, and stated 5 had been in a severe situation and 5 in a much less severe situation. It stated 26 had been in a “mild” situation, in line with an internet translation.

Police in Catalonia stated the Central Airport and Public Transport Area, which is accountable for investigating railway accidents, has launched preliminary investigations into the accident.

Twenty ambulances had been dispatched to the location in Gelida on the outskirts of Barcelona together with 38 firefighter models, emergency providers authorities stated.

The suburban practice derailment occurred in an space lengthy stricken by underfunded rail providers and frequent incidents.

A assist centre for kin of these affected by the accident has been arrange on the Casablanca Urbanisation civic centre, the civil safety company added.

In a separate incident on Tuesday night time, site visitors between Blanes and Maçanet-Massanes south of town of Girona – additionally a part of the Barcelona commuter rail community – was interrupted “due to a train axle coming off the track”, Spanish rail operator Adif stated in a press release on X.

On Sunday, 42 individuals had been killed and dozens extra injured when two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain on Sunday night, in one in every of Europe’s worst railway accidents in 80 years.

The crash occurred at 7.45pm native time close to Adamuz, a city of about 5,000 individuals within the province of Córdoba, in line with Spain’s inside ministry.

The tail finish of a practice run by personal high-speed rail operator Iryo, travelling from Málaga to Madrid, was derailed and jumped onto an adjoining monitor, the place it smashed into an oncoming Renfe service travelling from Madrid to Huelva, a municipality in Spain. Renfe is Spain’s nationwide state-owned railway firm.

Spanish state-owned rail operator Adif stated the Iryo practice derailed first and crashed into the second practice, pushing it off the tracks and down a railway embankment.