Passenger Train Derails Near Barcelona: One Fatality, 15 Injured

In short: A containment wall has fallen onto a train track near the Spanish city of Barcelona, which has caused a commuter train to derail. One person has died and at least 15 others have been injured, according to emergency services. The accident occurred just two days after a high-speed train crash in southern Spain killed more than 40 people. One person has died, and at least 15 others have been injured after a containment wall fell onto a train track due to heavy rain near the Spanish city of Barcelona, local authorities say. In a social media post on X, the Civil Guard said a commuter train was derailed in Gelida during Tuesday's incident. The train's driver has died, the Spanish state news agency EFE reported, citing regional police sources. Twenty ambulances have been dispatched to the site on the outskirts of Barcelona, along with 38 firefighter units, emergency services said. The local fire and rescue service said they had established a safety zone and were evacuating the injured, and had extracted a person trapped inside the train. Meanwhile, the minister of the presidency of the Catalonia province, Albert Dalmau, said on X that the country's interior minister, Nurira Parlon, and a government spokesperson were travelling to the site of the accident to monitor the situation. It comes just two days after a high-speed train crash in southern Spain killed more than 40 people and left 12 others in intensive care. The tragedy near Adamuz in Córdoba province on Sunday night unfolded when one train, travelling northbound from Málaga to Madrid, derailed and was hit by another high-speed service travelling in the opposite direction. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the disaster "a night of deep pain for our country" and on Monday declared a three-day mourning period. The cause of Sunday's derailment is still not known, and an investigation has been launched. ABC/wires