One dead and 20 injured after train derails in Spain – just days after high-speed crash killed 40

A train derailed near Barcelona, ​​killing at least one person and injuring 20 others in the horrific accident that occurred just days after a high-speed train crash that killed 40 people.

The R4 suburban train, operating between Sant Sadurní d’Anoia and Gelida stations, crashed into the wall at 21:00 local time.

Local media reported that the wall collapsed due to heavy rains in the region.

Spanish broadcaster TVE said that 4 people were seriously injured and one person was fighting for his life. Local police said the deceased was a train driver.

Catalan emergency services said their teams were still treating the injured at the scene. Authorities did not provide further details about the condition of those injured in the accident.

So far, 11 ambulances and 38 fire crews have been dispatched to the scene.

Local firefighters said they created a ‘safety zone’ and ‘supported the retaining wall and train to keep them stable’, adding that they were working to rescue those injured in the accident as quickly as possible.

Hospitals in the region are preparing to receive the injured.

Local media reported that heavy rains have been effective in the Catalonia region in recent days, following the strong eastern storm that peaked yesterday.

This incident comes just days after the fatal high-speed train crash in Adamuz, near the city of Córdoba, at around 18:40 local time on Sunday, killing 40 people.

In Sunday’s tragedy, one train derailed and crossed onto another track, while the second train crashed into the wreckage.

The tail section of the train, carrying approximately 300 passengers from Malaga to the capital Madrid, derailed at 19.45.

The train going from Madrid to Huelva and carrying approximately 200 passengers crashed into the derailed vehicle.

The second train took the brunt of the collision after the collision derailed the first two cars, sending them plummeting down a 13ft slope.

Authorities said that most deaths occurred in these wagons.

According to the Spanish Ministry of Transport, both trains were traveling at more than 190 miles per hour at the time of the collision.

At least 39 people have been confirmed dead after a high-speed train crashed in southern Spain. Picture: Emergency workers are seen in the area where the high-speed Iryo train derailed and was hit by another train as rescue efforts continue in Adamuz, southern Spain, on January 19.

Officials said some passengers were thrown from windows and their bodies were found hundreds of meters from the crash site.

According to the president of Spain’s national state railway company, Alvaro Fernandez, both trains were traveling well below the 155 mph speed limit; one was going 197 mph and the other was going 130 mph.

He also said that ‘human error can be ruled out’.

A source told Reuters that a broken joint was found on the track on Monday night, but officials have not yet confirmed this.

The accident shook a country that leads Europe in high-speed rail mileage and boasts a network considered state-of-the-art in rail transport.

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia visited the crash site and greeted emergency workers and some local residents who helped in the early stages of the rescue effort.

They then went to the hospital in Cordoba, where most of the injured were being treated.

Letizia told reporters after the visit, “We are all responsible for not looking away while the debris of a disaster is being cleared.”