Driver killed and several injured after train derails near Barcelona, local media report

According to local media reports, a train driver died and at least 14 people were injured when a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona.

According to local authorities, the Rodalies train collided with a retaining wall that fell on the track between Gelida and Sant Sadurní on Tuesday evening.

The severity of the injuries suffered by the passengers is currently being assessed by emergency services.

The incident occurred as severe storms hit northeastern Spain.

Emergency services said 11 ambulances were treating injured people at the scene in Gelida, Catalonia, about 35 kilometers west of Barcelona.

The local fire brigade said 35 crews were sent to the scene and had to rescue a passenger trapped on the train.

Emergency services said some of the injured were evacuated to nearby Moisès Broggi, Bellvitge and Vila Franca hospitals.

Many coastal areas in the east and north-west of Spain are on high alert due to weather conditions. Snowstorms also occurred in the Spanish Pyrenees and storms off the coast of Menorca, causing waves several meters high.

The crash in Catalonia came two days after two high-speed trains collided in the Andalusian city of Adamuz in one of the worst Spanish rail crashes in more than a decade.

It is known that at least 42 people died when the wagons on a train going to Madrid derailed, crossed onto the opposite rails, and then collided with an oncoming high-speed train.