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A passenger train after a collision with a landslide, near Vacarisses, about 45 kilometers northwest of Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. One person died and dozens of people were injured on Tuesday after the derailment of a commuter train heading for Barcelona, Spanish authorities said. (Anti-Radar Catalunya via AP) (Associated Press)
MADRID – A person died and dozens of people were injured on Tuesday after the landslide caused the derailment of a commuter train to Barcelona, authorities said.
The regional civil protection agency announced that two wagons from a convoy of six people had left the railway at 6:15 local (5:15 GMT) near Vacarisses, about 45 kilometers north-west. west of Barcelona.
Firefighters and rescue workers evacuated 131 passengers and sent to the hospital five of the 41 people injured, according to the civil protection agency.
Spokesman for the Spanish rail operator, Antonio Carmona, told local media that heavy rains in recent days in the area could have caused the landslide.
Recent rains have hit Spain. A woman died Sunday after a river flooded its shores in the northwestern region of Galicia. And Monday, big waves swept the balconies of an apartment building located at the seaside, on the Canary island of Tenerife.
Heavy rains have also disrupted displacement and damaged the country's agricultural land.
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