Spanish train collision outside Barcelona injures scores

At slightest 150 radical person been injured aft 2 trains collided successful the Catalonia portion of north-eastern Spain, exigency services person said.

The crash, which occurred astir 07:50 (06:50 GMT), took spot astatine a presumption connected the outskirts of Barcelona.

Local media reported that the trains had been travelling successful the aforesaid absorption and collided portion 1 was parked astatine the station.

It is unclear however the mishap happened and officials person yet to comment.

Emergency officials wrote connected Twitter that the clang happened astatine the Montcada one Reixac - Manresa station, astir 12km (7 miles) from the metropolis centre.

Writing connected Twitter, exigency services said that 150 radical were "in a mild condition" and 5 others had been near with "in a little superior condition".

They added that 3 radical had been transferred to hospital.

Train postulation was concisely disrupted connected respective lines owed to the accident, the nationalist obstruction work Renfe said.

One rider told RAC1, a section vigor station, that "train was afloat and my carriage, which was the past one, was wholly full" astatine the clip of the collision.