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20 injured in A-2 crash near Sant Andreu de la Barca

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A lorry carrying a large beam was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on the A-2 near Sant Andreu de la Barca at about 18:30. Twenty people were injured, one seriously; firefighters freed four people from a vehicle.

Four people were trapped in one vehicle, and firefighters had to free them. The crash happened at about 18:30 on 2 November at kilometre 593.5 of the A-2, between Sant Andreu de la Barca and Castellbisbal in Barcelona province, in the direction of Barcelona.

Twenty people were injured, one of them seriously, according to reports citing the emergency services. El País reported that 21 people were injured. Several cars and a lorry carrying a large beam were involved, according to posts on X by Bombers de la Generalitat and the Servei Català del Trànsit. The Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques (SEM) also reported the incident.

The SEM sent 13 units to the scene; Bombers de la Generalitat deployed nine teams. Firefighters freed the four trapped occupants.

Traffic was reduced to one open lane on the A-2 in the Barcelona-bound direction. Exit 593 was closed, disrupting the stretch between Sant Andreu de la Barca and Castellbisbal. A separate transport incident, the Urda collision, was covered in an earlier report.

Richard Reid RUSSPAIN.com
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