Driver dead and several injured after train derails near Barcelona, ​​local media report

A train driver was killed and at least 14 people were injured after a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona, ​​​​​​local media reported.

According to local officials, the Rodalies train collided with a retaining wall that fell on the track between Gelida and Sant Sadurní on Tuesday night.

The severity of the injuries sustained by the passengers is currently being assessed by emergency services.

The incident happened as strong storms hit northeastern Spain.

Eleven ambulances were at the scene in Gelida, Catalonia – about 35km (21.7 miles) west of Barcelona – treating the injured, emergency services said.

The local fire service said 35 crews were dispatched to the scene and had to rescue a passenger trapped inside the train.

Emergency services said some of the injured were evacuated to nearby hospitals in Moisès Broggi, Bellvitge, and Vila Franca.

Many coastal areas in the east and northwest of Spain are on high alert due to the weather. There were also snowstorms in the Spanish Pyrenees and storms on the coast of Menorca, causing waves several meters high.

The crash in Catalonia came two days after two high-speed trains collided in Adamuz, Andalusia, in one of Spain’s worst rail accidents in more than a decade.

At least 42 people are known to have died after the carriages of a Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed opposite tracks and then collided with an oncoming high-speed train.