Two buses packed with tourists collided on a busy street in Spain’s second city Barcelona on Monday, injuring at least 51 people, four of them critically including a minor, officials said.
The four critically injured patients include a pedestrian who was in the area as well as a 17-year-old passenger of one of the buses, EmmanuelsBlog gathers.
One bus was parked and picking up passengers on Avinguda Diagonal, one of Barcelona’s widest and most significant avenues, when the other smashed into it from behind, deputy mayor Albert Batlle told reporters at the scene of the accident.
‘There are four critically injured, including a minor, and three less seriously injured. The rest have suffered less serious injuries for which they are being treated in various hospitals in Barcelona,’ he added.
It is confirmed that one bus was carrying a group who arrived on a cruise ship and were visiting Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia basilica for a day trip while the other was transporting a group of Italian students staying in a nearby town.
A spokesman for Autocares Julia, the company operating the coach the cruise liner day trippers were on, confirmed a number of British tourists had been on the vehicle.
Pictures from the scene showed the two buses surrounded by ambulances, police car and fire engines. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
