A high-speed train passing through a Spanish railway station has hit a group of young people crossing the tracks, killing at least 12 people.
The train was travelling through Castelldefels Playa station near Barcelona when the incident occurred.
At least 14 other people were injured, three critically, officials said.
It is believed they were heading to the beach to celebrate a summer festival and were crossing the tracks rather than using a pedestrian underpass.
They had just arrived on a commuter train from Barcelona. The authorities have said the underpass was signposted and open. Some witnesses said it was crowded and taking a long time for people to get through.
One witness, Fernando Ortega, told Spanish media the platform they had arrived on was "very full" and a large group of people "decided to jump across the tracks and cross to the other side of the station" to avoid the crush.
"At that moment a train came from the other direction and ran everyone over."
Another witness, who was not named, said: "The door was closed and we could not get through, so we tried to go through the side of the train, and there was no light and nobody alerted us that the train was coming. We were more than 30 people."
Several people contacted the BBC News website to say that they had used the same station and it was common for people to cross the tracks.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10399126.stm
Very sad, but let's face it, crossing the tracks is a pretty stupid thing to do...
