BARCELONA, Spain — Two passenger trains rammed head-on into each other on a track near Barcelona on Friday, killing one person and injuring about 100 others, most of them slightly, authorities said. The commuter trains collided in the evening between the towns of Sant Vicenc de Castellet and Manresa, northwest of Barcelona, emergency services for the region of Catalonia said in a tweet. One train was heading to Barcelona and the other was going to Manresa, in northeastern Spain, when they ran into each other on the same track. Antonio Carmona, spokesman for state train operator RENFE, said “the information we have is that there was a frontal collision.”A passenger reported the crash at 6:20 p.m. (1720 GMT), emergency services said. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Source: Washington Post February 08, 2019 18:44 UTC