Driver killed and a number of other injured after prepare derails close to Barcelona, native media report

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A prepare driver has been killed and at the very least 37 folks injured, 5 significantly, after a commuter prepare derailed and crashed close to Barcelona simply days on from a two-train collision in southern Spain on Sunday.

In keeping with native officers, on Tuesday night the Rodalies prepare collided with a retaining wall which fell onto the monitor between Gelida and Sant Sadurní.

Catalonia regional fireplace Inspector Claudi Gallardo mentioned all passengers had been faraway from the prepare.

The incident occurred as heavy storms battered north-eastern Spain, as coastal areas within the east and north-west of Spain are on excessive alert due to the climate.

Eleven ambulances had been on the scene in Gelida, Catalonia - round 35km (21.7 miles) west of Barcelona - treating these injured, emergency companies mentioned.

The native fireplace service mentioned 35 crews had been despatched to the world and one passenger trapped contained in the prepare had been rescued.

In a later replace it mentioned that no-one remained inside and that its crews had been conducting a sweep of the world to rule out any additional victims.

Emergency companies mentioned that they had evacuated among the injured to close by Moisès Broggi, Bellvitge, and Vila Franca hospitals.

In addition to the 5 significantly injured folks, six had been in a much less severe situation and 26 had been in a "delicate" situation, emergency medical companies mentioned.

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One other prepare on the Barcelona commuter community additionally derailed on Tuesday.

"The axle was struck by a rock dislodged by the storm," Spain's rail community operator Adif mentioned in a press release.

The prepare was working between Blanes and Maçanet-Massanes, north-east of Barcelona.

No accidents have been reported and companies have been suspended.

The crashes in Catalonia come two days after two high-speed trains collided in Adamuz, Andalusia, in one of many worst Spanish rail accidents in over a decade.

Not less than 42 persons are identified to have died after carriages on a Madrid-bound prepare derailed and crossed over to the alternative tracks after which collided with an oncoming high-speed prepare.