Spain rocked by third train crash in days after crane is hit on tracks

Spain has suffered another train crash within a week after the de@dly collisions in Adamuz and Barcelona.

 

In the latest incident, a commuter train crashed into a crane in southeastern Spain today, January 22.

 

Several people have been hurt, including at least one seriously, according to state broadcaster TVE.

 

The Spanish rail operator Adif raised the alarm, saying services have been ground to a halt due to “the intrusion into the infrastructure gauge by a crane not belonging to the railway operation,” but it did not reveal further details.

 

The emergency services reportedly treated one person for minor cuts and three with anxiety, according to RTVE.

 

Spain is reeling after a spate of fatal train collisions this week.

 

In Adamuz, 41 people were k!lled and 123 people injured when two trains collided on Sunday, Jan. 18.

 

Then another crash occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 20, near Barcelona, which k!lled the driver and injured 37 other people when a commuter service derailed after hitting a piece of fallen retainer wall.

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