Spain: New Railway Accident, Passenger Train Collides with Construction Crane in Murcia

The Spanish rail network experienced another accident on Thursday, January 22—the fourth in less than a week—though this incident resulted in fewer casualties than recent tragedies. The collision occurred when a tow truck crane intruded into the safety clearance of a narrow-gauge FEVE train on the Cartagena-Los Nietos route in Murcia. At the time, the train was carrying 16 passengers; at least six individuals sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene.

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240413) -- NANNING, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform in celebration of the Sanyuesan Festival at an alley in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 13, 2024. The Sanyuesan Festival is a traditional festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month by various ethnic groups in China. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage and a statutory holiday in Guangxi in 2014, the festival usually sees various ethnic cultural events organized across the region, which has the largest population of ethnic minorities in China. This year, Guangxi launched a splendid array of folk cultural activities, and its 14 cities have planned and organized a slew of events, incorporating regional characteristics and cultural highlights and offering a prolonged period of cultural festivities for residents and visitors. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240413) -- NANNING, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform in celebration of the Sanyuesan Festival at an alley in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 13, 2024. The Sanyuesan Festival is a traditional festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month by various ethnic groups in China. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage and a statutory holiday in Guangxi in 2014, the festival usually sees various ethnic cultural events organized across the region, which has the largest population of ethnic minorities in China. This year, Guangxi launched a splendid array of folk cultural activities, and its 14 cities have planned and organized a slew of events, incorporating regional characteristics and cultural highlights and offering a prolonged period of cultural festivities for residents and visitors. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240413) -- NANNING, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a performance in celebration of the Sanyuesan Festival at an alley in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 13, 2024. The Sanyuesan Festival is a traditional festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month by various ethnic groups in China. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage and a statutory holiday in Guangxi in 2014, the festival usually sees various ethnic cultural events organized across the region, which has the largest population of ethnic minorities in China. This year, Guangxi launched a splendid array of folk cultural activities, and its 14 cities have planned and organized a slew of events, incorporating regional characteristics and cultural highlights and offering a prolonged period of cultural festivities for residents and visitors. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240413) -- NANNING, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform in celebration of the Sanyuesan Festival at an alley in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 13, 2024. The Sanyuesan Festival is a traditional festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month by various ethnic groups in China. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage and a statutory holiday in Guangxi in 2014, the festival usually sees various ethnic cultural events organized across the region, which has the largest population of ethnic minorities in China. This year, Guangxi launched a splendid array of folk cultural activities, and its 14 cities have planned and organized a slew of events, incorporating regional characteristics and cultural highlights and offering a prolonged period of cultural festivities for residents and visitors. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-SANYUESAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240413) -- NANNING, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform in celebration of the Sanyuesan Festival at an alley in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 13, 2024. The Sanyuesan Festival is a traditional festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month by various ethnic groups in China. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage and a statutory holiday in Guangxi in 2014, the festival usually sees various ethnic cultural events organized across the region, which has the largest population of ethnic minorities in China. This year, Guangxi launched a splendid array of folk cultural activities, and its 14 cities have planned and organized a slew of events, incorporating regional characteristics and cultural highlights and offering a prolonged period of cultural festivities for residents and visitors. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)