A passenger train collided with a crane in Cartagena, leaving several people with minor injuries.

BarcelonaSeveral people sustained minor injuries this Thursday after a passenger train collided with a crane in Cartagena, Murcia. The accident occurred at 12:04 PM when the train, which has only one carriage and was traveling on the Cartagena-Los Nietos line, struck the crane's arm. Sources from the Murcian Ministry of Health, cited by Europa Press, report that six people were injured and taken to the hospital: two 18-year-old men, two men aged 26 and 50, and two women aged 62 and 74. The impact did not derail or overturn the train, which was carrying 16 people, but it did break windows on one side and caused several cuts to at least one of the injured, according to the EFE news agency, which added that two people were treated for anxiety attacks. Firefighters, Civil Guard officers, and paramedics went to the scene to assist the passengers.

In a message on social media, the mayor of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo, explained that the collision occurred with a lifting platform belonging to an electrical company, which was working on a ground-floor cabinet next to the railway line. The president of the Murcia region, Fernando López Miras, stated that he was in "constant communication" with the emergency services, while the Spanish government delegate in the region, Francisco Lucas, sent a "message of reassurance" regarding the controlled nature of the incident.

This is the third train accident with casualties in Spain in less than a week, after those ofAdamuz (Cordoba) on Sunday and the one of Gelida, which took place this TuesdayBoth accidents resulted in fatalities. 43 people lost their lives in the Aldamuz accident, and a young trainee trainee train driver died in the Gelida accident.

The line where today's accident occurred, between Cartagena and Los Nietos, dates back to 1874. In 1964, the facilities were transferred to Ferrocarriles Españoles de Vía Estrecha (FEVE), a company that was dissolved in 2013.