One Dead, 49 Hurt As Landslide Derails Train In Spain

One person was killed on Tuesday and 49 others were injured, five seriously, when a train derailed near Barcelona due to a landslide caused by heavy rains, emergency services and Spain's rail operator said.

Barcelona, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Nov, 2018 ) :One person was killed on Tuesday and 49 others were injured, five seriously, when a train derailed near Barcelona due to a landslide caused by heavy rains, emergency services and Spain's rail operator said.

Two carriages of a convoy of six came off the tracks at 6:15 am (0515 GMT) near the town of Vacarisses, 35 kilometres (20 miles) northeast of Barcelona, emergency services said on Twitter.

Of the 133 people on board, 44 were lightly injured, five were seriously injured and one person died, it said.

The train "braked hard", one of the passengers, Mari Carmen, told Barcelona-based newspaper La Vanguardia.

"The lights went out and there was a lot of confusion. We saw rocks on the track. I was frightened but emergency services arrived very quickly."Images broadcast on Spanish television showed rescue workers evacuating passengers. Rocks were piled up on the side of one carriage.

The train, which was travelling between Manresa and Barcelona, derailed due to a landslide following several days of heavy rain, rail operator Adif said in a statement.