MADRID (AP) — Emergency services say 40 people received medical treatment after a morning commuter train they were traveling on crashed into the buffers in a station in northeastern Barcelona early Friday
The Catalan regional emergency services said one person was seriously injured and the rest, including the driver, treated for minor injuries, following the accident at Francia station on the northern side of the city.
Initially, the services had said five people had been seriously injured, among them the driver.
The accident occurred at 7.15 a.m. (0515 GMT).
Train services were not interrupted.
A tarp covers the damaged front end of a train at Estacio de Franca (Franca station) in central Barcelona on July 28, 2017 (JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty)
A victim is stretchered towards emergency vehicles parked outfront of the Estacio de Franca (Franca station) in central Barcelona on July 28, 2017 after a regional train appears to have hit the end of the track inside the station injuring some 40 people. (JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty)
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