Spanish train collision outside Barcelona injures scores

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Spanish train collision outside Barcelona injures scores

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Spanish train collision outside Barcelona injures scores
At least 155 people have been injured after two trains collided on the outskirts of Barcelona, emergency services have said. The crash, which occurred around 07:50 (06:50 GMT), took place at a station in Spain's north-eastern Catalonia region. Local media reported that the trains had been travelling in the same direction and collided while one was parked at the station... the train was moving "very slowly (when the collision occurred) but people who were standing up fell over and hurt themselves". A spokesman for the regional fire service said the moving train had collided with "the back part" of a stationary train at the station...
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