CASTELLDEFELS, Spain – Spanish officials blamed summer solstice partygoers for crossing the tracks into the path of an express train that killed at least 13, but others said a new underground exit was poorly marked and an old crossing was blocked off, leaving travelers confused.In addition to the dead, at least 14 were injured in the beach resort of Castelldefels, south of Barcelona, shortl
Twelve people died and 14 were injured when an express train slammed into a group of young revellers crossing a railway track to get to a beach party in northeast Spain, officials said Thursday. The impact was brutal.The sound was like that of rocks being crushed but it was humans, one witness to the disaster, named as Andres, told the daily newspaper El Mundo.The accident happened as about 30 p
CASTELLDEFELS, Spain – A train speeding through a seaside rail station plowed into a group of youths taking a shortcut across the tracks to get to a beach party, killing at least 12 and injuring 14, Spanish officials said Thursday.It was Spain's deadliest train accident since 2003, when 19 people died in a collision between passenger and freight trains in the southeastern town of Chinchilla