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A Man Died in His Water Car in Spain. Road, Rail and Air Traffic, Blocked by Heavy Rains

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A man died after the car in which he was taken by water, near Barcelona, according to the Spanish rescuers. The macabre discovery comes in the context of intense rainfall that hit the Spanish coast of the Mediterranean Sea, causing severe flooding, informs AFP. The incident took place in the village of Olivella, about 40 kilometers west of Barcelona. According to the Catalan firefighters, the man was in a car that was "taken by a water course". …
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On Wednesday, September 16, heavy rains in eastern Spain caused flooding and interruptions in transport. In the Valencian Community, roads were blocked, and near Barcelona, water carried a car into a stream - its driver was killed.

The lifeless body of a motorist taken by the waters to Olivella, near Barcelona, was found on Thursday 17 September. Violent weather is affecting east Spain, causing flooding and...

A man died after the car in which he was taken by water, near Barcelona, according to the Spanish rescuers. The macabre discovery comes in the context of intense rainfall that hit the Spanish coast of the Mediterranean Sea, causing severe flooding, informs AFP. The incident took place in the village of Olivella, about 40 kilometers west of Barcelona. According to the Catalan firefighters, the man was in a car that was "taken by a water course". …

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The emergency services have located the lifeless body of a man this morning about five hundred meters from the point where the vehicle was that had been dragged by the water in a stream in Olivella, in Garraf, according to the firefighters. In Olivella (Garraf), we have located the lifeless body of a man about 500 meters from the point where the vehicle was dragged by the stream, in an accessible area. We have recovered the body and @mossos has…

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VilaWeb.cat broke the news on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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