At least 13 people were injured when a car drove into a crowd outside a stadium in Spain hosting a soccer match between major crosstown rivals FC Barcelona and Espanyol, according to local authorities.
Catalan Police described the incident as an “accidental collision” to CNN on Thursday.
“The situation is under control and in no case poses a risk to the people inside the sports facility,” the police said in a separate statement on social media. Catalonia’s emergency services said 13 people were being treated for injuries in a post on X.
“The injured people are being treated by emergency services and the driver of the vehicle has been arrested,” Catalan Police wrote in a follow-up post shortly after. “There is a large police presence in the area.”
Video from MARCA appears to show a white car driving through a crowd of people in a park next to the facility.
The emergency services said in a post on X that nine of the people had “minor injuries” while the other four were in “less than serious” conditions.
FC Barcelona eventually won the match 2-0, becoming La Liga’s champions for the 2024-25 season.
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