Truck Driver Killed in AP-7 Crash at Mont-roig, Road Shut to Barcelona
A trucker died and another was hurt when one truck rear-ended another on the AP-7 at Mont-roig del Camp. The Barcelona-bound lanes face a closure of about 10 hours.
A truck driver died early on Saturday, Nov. 14, when his truck and another heavy vehicle collided on the AP-7 motorway at Mont-roig del Camp, in the province of Tarragona. The crash forced a full closure of the motorway in the direction of Barcelona, and Catalonia’s traffic authority expects reopening to take about 10 hours.
The other driver was injured, with his condition described as less serious, and an ambulance took him to the Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, according to El Caso.
Two crashes a kilometre apart on the AP-7
The night began with a separate incident. A truck loaded with lettuce overturned in Mont-roig del Camp on the Barcelona-bound side. Its driver came out unhurt.
Roughly an hour later, a few minutes before 5 a.m., a second crash happened at kilometre 274, about one kilometre before the overturned truck. There, a truck ran into the back of another heavy vehicle. Medical teams tried to revive one of the two drivers but could not save him.
The emergency response included five patrols of the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalonia’s police), five crews from the Bombers de la Generalitat (the Catalan fire service) and eight ground units of the SEM (Sistema d’Emergències Mèdiques, Catalonia’s emergency medical service).
Police look at a link between the two incidents
The traffic division of the Mossos d’Esquadra is investigating what caused the fatal collision. Investigators are examining whether the overturned lettuce truck played a part, even though it lay a kilometre further along the road. No cause has been announced.
What it means for drivers heading to Barcelona
The AP-7 is fully closed toward Barcelona at the crash site. Police are directing traffic off the motorway at exit 281, at Vandellòs i l’Hospitalet de l’Infant, where vehicles rejoin the A-7, the parallel road.
The Servei Català de Trànsit (Catalonia’s traffic service) estimates that about 10 hours will be needed before the motorway is fully open again. It said one lane could reopen earlier, without giving a time.
Until the motorway reopens, all Barcelona-bound traffic on this stretch of the Tarragona coast has to leave the AP-7 at exit 281 and continue on the A-7, where police are regulating the flow of vehicles.
Road deaths in Catalonia this year
The driver’s death brings the number of people killed on Catalan roads since the start of 2026 to 113, according to provisional figures from the Servei Català de Trànsit.
The names of the drivers involved were not disclosed.
Source: El Caso
