Train derails near Barcelona, killing driver, just days after deadly Spain crash
37 people were injured in the incident, caused by a containment wall that fell on the track after heavy rain
A commuter train derailed on Tuesday after a containment wall fell on the track due to heavy rain near the Spanish city of Barcelona, killing the driver and seriously injuring four passengers, a fire brigade official said.
The accident occurred just two days after a high-speed train collision and derailment near Adamuz in the southern Cordoba province that killed 42 people.
Claudi Gallardo, inspector at the Catalonia regional fire department, said in televised comments from the site of the crash that 37 people had been injured, four of them seriously, and the driver had died.
He said all passengers had been removed from the train.
Twenty ambulances were dispatched to the site in Gelida on the outskirts of Barcelona along with 38 firefighter units, emergency services authorities said.