FC Barcelona-Espanyol: At least 13 people who drive into the crowd as a car outside the stadium. The police say it is “accidental”

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At least 13 people were injured when a car, according to the local authorities, drove to a lot in front of a stadium in Spain in a soccer game between the big crosstown -rival FC Barcelona and Espanyol.

The Catalan police described the incident on Thursday as a “accidental collision” for CNN.

“The situation is under control and is by no means a risk for people in the sports facility,” said the police in a separate explanation on social media. According to Catalonia’s emergency services, 13 people were treated on X for injuries in one position.

“The injured people are treated by emergency services and the driver of the vehicle was arrested,” wrote the Catalan police in a successor shortly afterwards. “There is a great police presence in the area.”

The video from social media geolocated by CNN seems to show a white car that drives through a lot of people in a park next to the facility.

The emergency services said in a post on X that nine people had “minor injuries”, while the other four were “less than serious” conditions.

FC Barcelona finally won the match 2-0 and became champion for the 2024-25 season.

The game was interrupted with a red card for the Espanyol defender Leondro Cabrera, who made 17-year-old Barcelona superstar Lamine Yamal in the last minutes after the match.

In a last moment of chaos, the stadium sprinklers were switched on when the Barcelona players celebrated their title.

The intensive rivalry between Barcelona and Espanyol extends almost a century and often overlaps Spanish politics. FC Barcelona is the preferred team for Catalan nationalists. Espanyol is often praised by the Spanish state.

CNNS Angels Font and Avery Schmitz have contributed to the reporting.