Yahoo News One dead and six injured after train derails in landslide near Barcelona
One person has died and six people are injured after a passenger train derailed near Barcelona.
The train, which was carrying about 150 passengers, came off the tracks at 6.15am on Tuesday between the Spanish towns of Terrassa and Manresa.
The train crashed after a landslide, said Spanish train operator Adif. The landslide followed heavy rain in the area over the weekend.
Eleven ambulances are at the site of the crash along with firefighters who are freeing passengers from the train.
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The regional civil protection agency said two train cars from a convoy of six went off the tracks at 6.15am near Vacarisses, around 45 kilometres northwest of Barcelona.
Spanish railway operator spokesman Antonio Carmona has told local media heavy rain in the area over the past few days could have caused the landslide.
Firefighters and emergency workers evacuated 131 commuters and sent five people to hospital with their injuries.
📷 Imatges del tren accidentat a Vacarisses i del Centre de Coordinació i d'acollida #bomberscat #Ferrocat pic.twitter.com/U8zo36dlm4
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Recent downpours have battered Spain. A woman died on Sunday after a river flooded its banks in the northwestern Galicia region.
And on Monday, huge waves swept away the balconies of a sea-side apartment building on the Canary island of Tenerife.
The heavy rains have also caused travel disruption and damage to farmland across the country.
