ANOTHER train crash tragedy has rocked Spain just days after a crash claimed the lives of at least 42 people.
The latest horror in Barcelona has claimed the life of the driver and seriously injured five others.
A further 32 people are thought to have sustained injuries of varying descriptions.
This latest incident took place near Barcelona – between the towns of Gelida and Sant Sadurni d’Anoia.
The deceased driver was trapped in the cabin with three other crew members, who had to be rescued from the mangled wreck.
Initial reports suggest a wall along a nearby motorway fell onto the line following heavy rainfall in the region on Tuesday.
The train traveling between Manresa and Sant Vicenç de Calders then collided head-on with the obstacle.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 9.02pm with twenty ambulances and 38 fire units responding.
A statement said: “A retaining wall has fallen onto the track causing a passenger train accident.
“We received 28 calls and several ambulances were sent along with firefighters and police.”
A field hospital has since been set up nearby where the injured have been taken for initial assessment.
The mayor of nearby Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, Pere Vernet, told local media that the accident occurred about four kilometres from his town.
He lamented “the lack of investment in infrastructure,” but ceded that he hadn’t seen rain like it for some time.
Spanish President, Pedro Sanchez, wrote on X that he was closely following the situation.
“All my affection and solidarity with the victims and their families,” he added.
Shockingly, this was not the only rail incident to befall Catalonia on Tuesday.
A second train carrying 10 passengers derailed near Girona after rocks fell onto the track.
No injuries were reported, but authorities say recent storms are likely to blame.
This spate of horror crashes come only two days after two high-speed trains derailed near the southern Spanish city of Cordoba.
The tail end of a train travelling from Málaga to Madrid derailed and slammed into an oncoming train bound for Huelva, plunging two carriages down a 13-foot slope.
Some passengers were catapulted through windows and their bodies were found hundreds of metres from the crash site, Andalusia regional president Juanma Moreno said.
More than 40 people lost their lives in the tragedy, with the death toll expected to rise in the coming days.
A source briefed on the initial probe into the cause of the deadly crash revealed a faulty joint had been found on the tracks.
Technicians found some wear on the join between sections of the rail – known as a fishplate – which had been there for some time.
Renfe president lvaro Fernndez told Spanish public radio RNE both trains were travelling well under the speed limit of 250 kph (155 mph), ruling out human error.
Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente described the ordeal as “extremely strange”.
He said the tragedy happened on a flat stretch of track that had been renovated in May.
He also said the train that jumped the track was less than four years old.
Puente added that all the railway experts he had consulted were “extremely baffled by the accident”.
Spain has Europe’s largest high-speed rail network with more than 1,800 miles of track connecting major cities across the country.
Spain’s worst train accident this century occurred in 2013, when 80 people died after a train derailed in the country’s northwest.
