Four people including a child were left fighting for life after the crash, which involved a bus carrying British cruise ship passengers
A bus crash involving British cruise ship passengers visiting Barcelona may have been caused by a pedestrian dashing across one of the city’s busiest streets without looking.
At least 50 people were injured when two tourist buses smashed into each other on the popular sightseeing spot Diagonal Avenue. Four of the victims, including a child, are in critical condition following the collision on Monday.
Local media reported that the driver of one of the buses swerved to try and avoid a pedestrian who was crossing outside of the designated area.
When the Canals de Girona driver, carrying Italian students from the Sicilian city of Messina, tried to swerve to avoid the man he collided with another bus that had stopped to collect tourists visiting the Gaudí masterpiece La Pedrera.
The parked Julià coach was transporting mainly British, French and German passengers for a cruise company to take them back to the port of Barcelona, where their ship was due to set sail. The Girona bus mounted the pavement and could not stop until it hit a tree and then a lamppost, El Pais reports.
