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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nadeem Badshah and Agence France-Presse

Commuter train near Barcelona hits collapsed wall killing driver and injuring nearly 40

Firefighters and investigators stand next to the locomotive as they work at the site where a regional service train collided with a collapsed wall between Sant Sadurni d'Anoia and Gelida, near Barcelona.
Firefighters and investigators stand work at the site where a regional service train collided with a collapsed wall between Sant Sadurni d'Anoia and Gelida, near Barcelona. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

A commuter train has hit a collapsed retaining wall near Barcelona, killing the driver and injuring 37 people, four of them seriously, firefighters have said.

Four people are believed to be in a critical condition after the incident in the Catalonia region of north-eastern Spain, a spokesperson for the region’s fire service, Claudi Gallardo, told reporters.

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