In Fogars de Montclús in the Vallès Oriental a coach plunged around 20 metres down an embankment on the road BV-5114 on 25 October 2026. The incident occurred at around 17:30 local time. According to Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques 41 people received medical attention, 20 of them with serious injuries. Authorities report no fatalities.
Emergency services, the Bombers de la Generalitat and the Mossos d'Esquadra with numerous ambulances and several rescue helicopters took part in the large-scale operation. The road was closed. Protecció Civil activated the pre-alert phase of the Procicat civil protection plan; a support centre was set up for those affected and their relatives in Sant Celoni The injured were taken to hospitals in Granollers and Barcelona .
Authorities initially gave no definitive information on the cause of the accident. According to consistent reports in regional media, the bus and a car collided shortly beforehand, after which the bus went down the embankment. The Mossos d'Esquadra have opened an investigation. They are examining the driver’s conduct, technical factors, the load and the precise sequence of events. Reports about the operator Sagalés and the number of passengers come from media sources and require official confirmation.
The reported injury figures in the first few hours were based on ongoing triage at a complex incident scene and differed slightly at times depending on the source. The SEM emergency medical service and the Catalan authorities stressed that the figures were provisional and could be refined as the situation stabilised and patients were transferred.
The BV-5114 section runs through the mountainous area of the natural park Montseny. Narrow, winding stretches require particular caution, especially when meeting oncoming traffic or in poor road and visibility conditions. No confirmed link between the nature of the road and the accident has been established so far; any such findings remain subject to the investigation.
The authorities announced that they would release further information once the initial safety and recovery work was complete. That evening, priority was given to medical care, the transport of the injured and restoring road safety at the scene of the accident.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).