A commuter train collided with a crane in southeastern Spain on Thursday, emergency services said, in the country's fourth rail crash in less than a week. Four people suffered minor injuries in the crash near the port city of Cartagena in Murcia region, authorities added. "The train hasn't been overturned or derailed," a spokesperson for Murcia's emergency services said. Spain is still reeling from Sunday's high-speed train collision in the southern Andalusia region that killed at least 43 people. Two days after that, a commuter train derailed after a containment wall fell on the track due to heavy rain near the city of Barcelona, killing the driver and seriously injuring four passengers.

Source: Irish Examiner January 22, 2026 22:19 UTC