53 People Injured, 4 Critically, After 2 Buses Collide on Busy Tourist Street: Reports

Mar. 15, 2025

At least 53 people are injured, with four in a critical condition, after two buses crashed into each other in Barcelona, according to reports.

One bus collided with the back of a second bus on Avinguda Diagonal, near the famous Sagrada Familia landmark, causing the vehicle to mount the sidewalk and crash into a tree just after 3:00 p.m. on Monday, March 3, the regional outletCatalan Newsand U.K. newspaperThe Mirrorreported.

One of the buses carried Italian students coming from the Spanish town Lloret de Mar. The other bus was transporting cruise ship passengers, according toCatalan News.

A spokesperson for Autocares Julià, the bus company operating one of the coaches, confirmed that four people were critically injured in the crash and the vehicles were transporting British, German, and Italian tourists.

“They were on a cruise liner which had arrived in Barcelona earlier today and was due to leave in the next few hours. I don’t know whether there are any British tourists among the most seriously hurt. It is too early to say at this stage,” the spokesperson said, perThe Mirror.

Emergency services tend to the injured after two tourist buses crashed on Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona on March 3.Charlie Perez/NurPhoto via Getty

Charlie Perez/NurPhoto via Getty

The company spokesperson added toCatalan Newsthat the incident took place “when their coach was parked in an authorized area for passenger drop-off and pick-up.”

The four critically injured included two minors who were boarding the bus and a pedestrian,Catalan Newsreported. The fourth person was reportedly trapped in one of the vehicles and had to be cut out.

Barcelona bus crash on March 3.MANAURE QUINTERO/AFP via Getty

MANAURE QUINTERO/AFP via Getty

The injured were transported to Hospital Clínic, Sant Pau hospital, Hospital del Mar and Vall d’Hebron hospital as well as Sant Joan de Déu children’s hospital, perCatalan News. The outlet also reported that 12 people were unharmed in the incident.

Bus crash in Barcelona.Charlie Perez/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Charlie Perez/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

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Catalonian regional president Salvador Illawroteon X (formerly Twitter), “Very concerned and awaiting the situation of the accident between two buses in Barcelona. I am in permanent contact with Mayor Jaume Collboni and the emergency services, whom I thank for their quick action. All my support to those affected."

PEOPLE has reached out to Autocares Julià and the regional government-run emergency response coordination center for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

source: people.com