The San Juan beach parties just south of Barcelona at Castelldefels began with a terrible accident.Twelve people were killed and another 14 were seriously injured when they were hit by a train.
The accident happened at about 11.30 .A large group of peoplehad just disembarked from a train and instead of crossing the line by a footbridge they crossed by a short-cut to the beach for their party.It appears that they were impatient to get there.
As they were crossing a high speed train that had originally left Alicante and was on its way to barcelona via Valencia ,whistled through the station hitting the people directly.The train was thought to have been travelling at 150 kph.It is possible that the death list will increase as three are in intensive care in a critical condition.
The impact on the people was so great that it may take a long time to identify them .The regional and national governments are offering the families of the victims,many of whom were quite young,psychological support.
This ,however is a totally unnecessary accident.People know that they ought not cross the railway lines in this way and yet they are willing to take what turned out to be a fatal risk.
