Bus crash in Fogars de Montclús leaves at least 20 seriously injured in Catalonia

What happened

On Sunday afternoon, 25 October, a bus went off the road in Fogars de Montclús, a municipality in the province of Barcelona, and fell down an embankment of about 20 metres, according to the Bombers de la Generalitat as reported by eldiario.es. One outlet described a collision between a car and the bus. Emergency services were alerted at 16:43 local time. The crash happened at kilometre point 18.4, and the road was closed to traffic in both directions after the incident.

Sources give the road number differently. Protecció Civil and the Servei Català de Trànsit named the BV-5114, while other outlets printed BV-5144 and BV-5514. The Generalitat's Procicat civil protection plan was activated in pre-alert status.

Casualties and response

The Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques (SEM) reported at least 20 people seriously injured. The most recent reports said the SEM had attended at least 41 people in total, 20 of them seriously injured. An earlier report from LaSexta put the number of injured at at least 60, citing the Mossos d'Esquadra, and that figure has not been repeated in the later reports. Firefighters mobilised 20 units, two of them aerial, and the SEM activated 15 ambulances. The 112 emergency line received 25 calls related to the crash.

Attended by SEM (at least)41

Seriously injured (SEM)20

Attended by SEM (at least)

41 people

Seriously injured (SEM)

20 people

Data from the article text

Official reaction

Generalitat president Salvador Illa said on X that he was following the situation and thanked the emergency services that had been deployed. He said he was in contact with the councillors Núria Parlon and Olga Pané.

“I am in permanent contact with the councillors Núria Parlon and Olga Pané to follow how the situation is developing.”

Investigation

The Mossos d'Esquadra said they were working with the Bombers and emergency services to attend the injured and regulate traffic. They also said the causes of the accident are being investigated. No cause has been reported in the articles reviewed so far.