Spain suffers third train crash in days after crane is hit on tracks
Spain has been rocked by a another train crash within a week after the deadly collisions in Adamaz and Barcelona.
In the latest incident, a commuter train crashed into a crane in southeastern Spain today.
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.
Spain is reeling after a spate of fatal train collisions this week. In Adamuz, 41 people were killed when two trains collided on Sunday, followed by another crash on Tuesday near Barcelona, which killed the driver and injured dozens.
The first tragedy struck on Sunday, when two high-speed trains smashed and derailed, with victims flown for hundreds of metres across the railway.
On Tuesday, a train driver died and 37 people were injured when a commuter service derailed after hitting a piece of fallen retainer wall.
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