According to the latest information, the last two carriages of a train from the Rodalies de Catalunya company, derailed near Vacarisses, on the R4 line, due to a landslide.
The accident occurred at 6.15 a.m. on a train heading to Barcelona from Sant Vicenç de Calders. The train traffic between Terrassa and Manresa has been temporarily stopped.
📷 Imatges del tren accidentat a Vacarisses i del Centre de Coordinació i d'acollida #bomberscat #Ferrocat pic.twitter.com/U8zo36dlm4
— Bombers (@bomberscat) 20 ноября 2018 г.
"The train derailment in Catalonia affected a total of 131 people, 1 is dead and over 40 are injured," the General Directorate of Civil Protection said on Twitter.
⚠️⚠️ Actualización #Vacarisses (08.42 h). Total: 131 personas afectadas. De estas,1 persona muerta, 3 menos graves, 41 leves y 86 ilesos.
— Protecció civil (@emergenciescat) 20 ноября 2018 г.
De los leves 5 trasladados, 3 a Mútua Terrassa i 2 a Parc Taulí #ProteccioCivil
Rescue teams, fire brigades, and medics have already started working at the scene.
🔴 Primeres imatges del descarrilament d'un tren de Rodalies a Vacarisses que ha provocat un mort i cinc ferits https://t.co/AaQ0p2IN6A pic.twitter.com/bHKmoj9Hm9
— 324.cat (@324cat) 20 ноября 2018 г.
Catalan President Quim Torra along with Interior Minister Miquel Buch have arrived at the scene.
El president @QuimTorraiPla i el conseller @MiquelBuch al capdavant del dispositiu d'emergències del descarrilament de #Vacarisses @bomberscat @emergenciescat @mossos @transit pic.twitter.com/BO2Okm5zYx
— Interior (@interiorcat) 20 ноября 2018 г.
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