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At least 20 injured in train accident at Barcelona station: civil protection agency

 

A tarp covers the damaged front end of a train at Estacio de Franca (Franca station) in central Barcelona on July 28, after the regional train appears to have hit the end of the track inside the station injuring at least 23 people. / AFP / Josep Lago/

BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — At least 20 people were injured Friday in a train accident at a station in the center of the Spanish city of Barcelona, civil protection services said.

The regional train was arriving at the busy Francia station from Sant Vicenc de Calders, a spokesperson for the civil protection services said.

“No one was killed but there are 20 injured, we don’t know how seriously.” Regional authorities said there were at least five seriously injured, including the driver.

© Agence France-Presse
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