Train crashes against crane in southeastern Spain, several injured

It came after Sunday's deadly high-speed train collision in the southern Andalusia region that killed at least 43 people

  • PUBLISHED: Thu 22 Jan 2026, 4:06 PM

A commuter train has crashed against a construction crane in southeastern Spain, leaving several people injured, including one seriously, state broadcaster TVE reported on Thursday.

The crash occured in Cartagena in the Murcia region, TVE said. It came after Sunday's deadly high-speed train collision in the southern Andalusia region that killed at least 43 people and another train accident in northeastern Catalonia on Tuesday in which the train driver died.

Spanish rail operator Adif said on X that traffic on that line was interrupted due to "the intrusion into the infrastructure gauge by a crane not belonging to the railway operation", without providing further detail.