Truck hits pedestrians on busy Barcelona street

iStock/Thinkstock(BARCELONA, Spain) — A truck hit pedestrians on Catalunya Square in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas district this afternoon.

Spanish authorities said there were injuries but no deaths have been confirmed.

Las Ramblas is a popular tourist area in Spain’s second-largest city.

The Barcelona transit system posted a message on its official Twitter account that numerous subway stations are closed and it urged people near the area to remain in place until further instructions from police.

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