50 hurt in train collision in Madrid

06/26/2009 | 04:34 PM

MADRID — Spain's national railway company RENFE says a commuter train backing up slowly into a Madrid station hit another train and left some 50 people slightly injured.

A RENFE official says around 10 of the injured were taken to a hospital to be examined but no one was seriously hurt in the rush-hour accident in Aluche, a Madrid suburb.

Service into Madrid along that line has been suspended.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity Friday in line with company rules. - AP

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