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Spain has been rocked by a one other train crash inside every week after the deadly collisions in Adamuz and Barcelona.
In the most recent incident, a commuter train crashed right into a crane in southeastern Spain today.
Several people have been hurt, including at the least one seriously, in line with state broadcaster TVE.
The Spanish rail operator Adif raised the alarm, saying services have been ground to a halt because of ‘the intrusion into the infrastructure gauge by a crane not belonging to the railway operation,’ nevertheless it didn’t reveal further details.
The emergency services reportedly treated one person for minor cuts and three with anxiety, in line with RTVE.
Spain is reeling after a spate of fatal train collisions this week. In Adamuz, 41 people were killed and 123 people injured when two trains collided on Sunday, followed by one other crash on Tuesday near Barcelona, which killed the motive force and injured dozens.
The primary tragedy struck on Sunday, when two high-speed trains smashed and derailed, with victims flown for a whole bunch of metres across the railway.
On Tuesday, a train driver died and 37 people were injured when a commuter service derailed after hitting a chunk of fallen retainer wall.
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Among the many survivours of the Adamuz crash was a six-year-old girl, who was the one survivour of her family, who were travelling home after watching the Lion King musical.
The little girl was found walking alone along the tracks on Sunday after her parents, brother and cousin were all killed.
What caused the high-speed train crash in Adamuz?
Gareth Dennis, a railway engineer and author, told Metro that everyone seems to be on ‘heightened alert’ after the high-profile incidents.
Nonetheless, he said there’s ‘no meaningful connection’ between the crashes.
He said: ‘These will not be connected, they’re a series of unlucky incidents.
‘The Barcelona one was a part of infrastructure collapsing in front of the train.
‘This one is crane in some way finding a way in front of the train, and people are unrelated to Adamuz, which is prone to have been a rail break.’
He said an important questions over the Adamaz crash are what caused the potential rail break and why a rail failure was allowed to occur.
‘Only an investigation can answer that,’ he said.
The official investigation in Adamuz is ongoing as teams search through the wreckage for the remaining victims.
Oscar Puente, the minister for transport, said yesterday that there’s ‘undeniable possibility’ that the marks found on the wheels were because of a track defect.
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