Commuter train accident near Barcelona

In a stark scene near Gelida on the outskirts of Barcelona, a commuter train collided with a collapsed retaining wall, leaving the driver dead and injuring 37 passengers, four of them critically.

The crash occurred Tuesday night, when heavy rainfall reportedly caused the wall to collapse, spilling debris onto the tracks. This tragedy comes just two days after a separate high-speed rail collision in Andalucía claimed over 40 lives, casting a long shadow over a nation already in mourning.

While officials stated the incidents are unrelated, the derailment has renewed scrutiny on Spain’s underfunded regional rail network, with unions calling for urgent safety measures and strikes.

Here is some more information linked to the recent accidents:

Spain’s rail network under scrutiny after second deadly crash in three days

‘We had to remove the dead to get to the living’: train crash shocks Spanish town

What we know so far about high-speed train crash in Spain

Then there was also the 2013 accident in Santiago de Compostela. This is what Wikipedia says.

Here is the original article.