A wounded person is helped by medical emergency after two trains collided in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, in Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona, Spain December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Two commuter trains collided on Wednesday morning at a station in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region leaving 155 passengers lightly injured, local emergency services said.
"One of the trains was halted and the other was braking," Transport Minister Raquel Sanchez told reporters near the site of the collision. "The reasons for the collision are being studied," she added.
The emergency services said 155 people required medical attention, and three of them were sent to hospitals with light injuries.
A wounded person is helped by medical emergency after two trains collided in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, in Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona, Spain December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
There have been several accidents in recent years on Catalonia's suburban train system known as Rodalies. Catalan officials have blamed the lack of funding from Spain's central government for the deficient network's upkeep.
(Reporting by Horaci Garcia, Joan Faus and Inti Landauro; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Toby Chopra)
A wounded person is helped by medical emergency after two trains collided in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, in Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona, Spain December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho DoceSpanish Minister of Transport Raquel Sanchez visits the railway station after two trains collided in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, in Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona, Spain December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho DoceA man gestures at the site where two trains collided, in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, in Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona, Spain December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
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