12 Die on Spanish Train Track

Emergency services remove a body from the crash scene. Photo by Sky News

A high-speed train passing through a Spanish railway station has struck a group of people crossing the tracks, killing at least 12, officials say.

The train was traveling through Castelldefels Playa station near Barcelona when the incident occurred, civil protection officials said.

At least 13 other people are reported to have been injured, three critically.

Spanish media said those killed and injured were young people who had just arrived on another train.

It is believed they were heading to the beach to celebrate a summer festival and were crossing the tracks rather than using a pedestrian underpass.

The accident happened at around 2330 (2130 GMT), the interior ministry of Catalonia said.

The ministry added that the rail line was closed and teams of police, medics, firefighters and Red Cross workers were at the scene.

No-one on the train, traveling between Alicante and Barcelona, was injured, it said.

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