About twenty injured in an accident between cars and a truck on the A-2

BarcelonaAbout twenty people have been injured to varying degrees this Monday on the A-2 motorway in a multiple-vehicle accident involving about ten cars and a truck carrying a large beam. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m., as the motorway passes through Sant Andreu de la Barca.

According to the Fire Department, it was necessary to free five people who had been trapped inside two vehicles. In one of the cars traveled the seriously injured person, who had been trapped by the leg and was finally able to be extricated by the firefighters and transported to Bellvitge Hospital.

Before that, the firefighters had also already freed four less seriously injured people who had also been trapped in the same vehicle.

In addition, as a result of the accident, twelve more people sustained minor injuries. Four others came out unharmed. The incident occurred after the truck, for reasons that are under investigation, lost control of the load it was carrying.

The accident took place at kilometer 593.5 of the A-2 highway heading towards Barcelona, as it passes through Sant Andreu de la Barca, and has forced traffic to be reduced to one lane between this municipality and Castellbisbal.

The firefighters have sent nine units to the area. The Medical Emergency System (SEM), for its part, has activated thirteen ambulances.

The President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has expressed his concern regarding the accident. In a message through the X network, he wished a speedy recovery to the injured people and thanked the emergency and medical teams for their rapid response.