Barcelona commuter train crashes after a retaining wall falls onto the tracks

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A train driver has been killed and at least 37 people injured, five seriously, after a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona just days on from a deadly two-train collision in southern Spain on Sunday.

According to local officials, on Tuesday evening the Rodalies train collided with a retaining wall which fell onto the track between Gelida and Sant Sadurní.

Catalonia regional fire Inspector Claudi Gallardo said all passengers had been removed from the train.

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