"A commuter train crashed on Tuesday evening near the town of Gelida, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) outside of Barcelona in the Spanish region of Catalonia. At least one person was killed in the accident after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks. Emergency services in Catalonia said 37 people were injured, five of them seriously. Twenty ambulances had been sent to the site of the crash, and the injured were taken to three hospitals in the area, they said."
"The retaining wall likely fell because of heavy rainfall that swept across the northeastern Spanish region this week, Spain's railway operator ADIF said. Commuter train services have been canceled along the line, it said. The crash came just two days after a separate deadly train collision killed at least 42 people in the Spain's south. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video More to come... Edited by: Zac Crellin"
A commuter train crashed on Tuesday evening near Gelida, about 35 kilometers outside Barcelona in Catalonia, after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks. At least one person died and 37 people were injured, five seriously. Emergency services dispatched twenty ambulances and transported the injured to three area hospitals. Spain's railway operator ADIF attributed the wall collapse to heavy rainfall that swept across northeastern Spain this week. Commuter train services along the line have been canceled. The crash occurred two days after a separate deadly train collision in southern Spain that killed at least 42 people.
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