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Tragic Train Accident Near Barcelona Claims One Life, Injures Four
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January 20, 2026•2 days ago

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A train near Barcelona crashed into collapsed wall rubble, killing the driver and seriously injuring four others. The incident occurred in Gelida, Catalonia, when a retaining wall fell onto the tracks. This follows another fatal train accident in Andalusia earlier in the week, highlighting recent rail safety concerns in Spain.
One person has died and four others have been seriously injured after a train near Barcelona crashed into the rubble of a collapsed wall, firefighters have said, Spain's second deadly rail accident in days.
"There are four seriously injured and one person who has passed away," a spokesman for the fire service in the northeastern region of Catalonia, Claudi Gallardo, told reporters.
The driver of the commuter train has died, according to a report from Spanish State news agency EFE.
The incident came as the country is still reeling from the collision of two high-speed trains on Sunday in Andalusia, in the south of the country, which left at least 42 people dead.
"A retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks, causing an accident involving a passenger train" in the municipality of Gelida, the region's civil protection agency posted on its social media accounts.
Catalan emergency services said their teams are "treating at least 15 injured people" with 11 ambulances at the scene.
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