Train hits collapsed wall in Barcelona, killing oneAFP, BARCELONA, SpainA commuter train near Barcelona on Tuesday ploughed into the rubble of a collapsed wall, killing one and injuring dozens in Spain’s second deadly rail accident in days. On Tuesday, “a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks, causing an accident involving a passenger train” in the municipality of Gelida, about 40km west of Barcelona, the Catalonia region’s civil protection agency wrote on social media. Rescuers work at the site of a train crash in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday. Emergency workers used torches to survey the wreckage of the derailed train car, which had turned into a mass of crumpled metal. Spanish rail infrastructure operator Adif said a storm caused a wall to fall, creating the rubble that the train slammed into.

Source: Taipei Times January 21, 2026 21:44 UTC