China News Service, May 18. According to the WeChat official account of the Chinese Consulate General in Barcelona on May 17, at around 18:00 local time on May 16, a freight train of the Spanish Catalan Railway Company was in San Beau, Barcelona province. A derailment in Iraq collided with a passenger train carriage, killing 1 and injuring 84.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
According to the information released by the Catalonia Emergency Command Center in Spain, the Chinese Consulate General in Barcelona immediately contacted the hospital that treated the wounded and confirmed that no Chinese citizens were injured or killed in the accident.