Spain’s rail network is under scrutiny after a commuter train crashed near Barcelona just days after at least 43 people died and 152 were injured in a collision between two high-speed trains.
The second crash in as many days occurred at approximately 9pm on Tuesday when a retaining wall collapsed on to the track near Gelida in the region of Catalonia in north-east Spain, derailing a local train.
A trainee driver, named as 27-year-old Fernando Huerta from Seville, was killed and 41 people were injured, five of whom are in a critical condition.
It is believed the wall collapsed as a result of the unusually heavy rainfall that Catalonia is experiencing. However, as a precaution the region’s network was shut down pending inspections, stranding hundreds of thousands of people and causing chaos on the roads.
Pretty sure more people die in car accidents on Spain each year that in train accidents, but we never hear about them.
Yes, quick check says 57 per week, so more than that train crash each week.
There’s has been already 42 dead people for car crashes on Spanish roads this year. That looks like a very serious issue there.
https://www.dgt.es/export/sites/web-DGT/.galleries/downloads/dgt-en-cifras/24h/accidentes-trafico-24h-CC.pdf