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| Barcelona train crash injures 54 | Barcelona train crash injures 54 |
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| At least 54 people have been injured, one seriously, after a train crashed at a station in the Spanish city of Barcelona, officials say. | |
| The incident happened during the morning rush hour at the Francia station, in the city centre. | The incident happened during the morning rush hour at the Francia station, in the city centre. |
| Reports said the train did not brake properly when entering the station, hitting the buffers at the platform. | |
| Dozens of emergency personnel were sent to the station, with most of the injured being treated on the platform. | |
| Emergency services said as well as the seriously wounded person, who does not have life-threatening injuries, 19 people were moderately hurt. | |
| They are being treated in hospital. Among them is the driver, who is said to be in a state of shock. | |
| The remainder were lightly injured. | |
| "At the moment of impact I had the feeling of experiencing an earthquake," one passenger, Lidia, told La Vanguardia newspaper (in Spanish). She said she had been in the front carriage. | |
| "People were swaying back and forth and colliding into each other. Many people fell to the ground because people were standing up and I saw several people with cuts to the head and face from the blows they suffered when they fell." | |
| Among those hurt were three citizens from France and Romania, local authorities said. Their respective consulates have been informed. | |
| The accident happened at 07:15 (05:15 GMT) after the train had travelled from the village of Sant Vicenç de Calders, some 60km (37 miles) to Barcelona's south-west. | The accident happened at 07:15 (05:15 GMT) after the train had travelled from the village of Sant Vicenç de Calders, some 60km (37 miles) to Barcelona's south-west. |
| Íñigo de la Serna, the minister for public works, has travelled to Barcelona, in the country's north-eastern Catalonia region, to oversee the rescue operation. | Íñigo de la Serna, the minister for public works, has travelled to Barcelona, in the country's north-eastern Catalonia region, to oversee the rescue operation. |
| The state-run railway firm Adif said an investigation had been opened. | The state-run railway firm Adif said an investigation had been opened. |