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A Barcelona commuter bid crashed connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) aft a retaining partition fell onto the tracks, Spanish determination authorities said, sidesplitting 1 idiosyncratic and injuring astatine slightest 14 others.
The crash successful Catalonia successful northeastern Spain came conscionable 2 days aft a abstracted bid collision killed astatine slightest 42 radical successful the country's southbound and injured dozens more.
Emergency workers connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) were inactive searching for much victims successful the wreckage from Sunday’s deadly bid mishap that took spot immoderate 800 km distant arsenic the federation began 3 days of mourning.
Emergency services successful Catalonia said of the 15 radical affected successful Tuesday’s crash, 3 were earnestly injured. Five others were successful little superior condition. Emergency services said 11 ambulances had been sent to the tract of the crash.
While Spain's high-speed obstruction web runs smoothly, the commuter obstruction work is plagued by reliability issues, though accidents causing wounded oregon decease are not communal successful either.
The commuter bid crashed adjacent the municipality of Gelida, located astir 35 minutes extracurricular of Barcelona.
Spain's railway relation ADIF said the containment partition apt collapsed owed to dense rainfall that swept crossed the northeastern Spanish portion this week.
Antonio Sanz, the determination wellness curate of Andalusia, wherever Sunday’s mishap occurred, told Spanish media that the authoritative toll from the mishap had risen aft different corpse was discovered successful a severely damaged car.
Health authorities said 39 radical remained successful hospitals connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) morning, portion 83 radical were treated and discharged.
