Spain - Train Accident: Many Casualties, July 2013 *arrests*

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Dozens die as Spanish train derails in Galicia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23442018

A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 60 people and injuring many more, officials in the Galicia region have said.

All 13 carriages of the train, which was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, came off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela........

Analysts say it is the worst rail accident in Spain in four decades. ........
 
"Spain train crash investigations focus on driver"

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/27/world/europe/spain-train-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

"Questions have focused on the speed at which the train was traveling as it entered a curve in the track near the city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday evening."

"Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz told reporters in Santiago de Compostela there are "rational indications" that the accident is the fault of the driver."
 
"Francisco Jose Garzon, 52, who is under armed guard in hospital, is to be questioned over suspected reckless driving following the devastating crash which left almost 170 passengers injured."

"Investigators are looking into possible failings by the driver after the Madrid to Ferrol service derailed on Wednesday night as it approached the city of Santiago de Compostela.
Authorities have located the train's so-called 'black box' which is expected to shed further light on the disaster's cause."

"A Spanish police spokesman confirmed the driver had refused to answer questions and he is now expected to questioned by a judge."


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ES-answer-police-questions.html#ixzz2aGvOpLoc
 
This was such a preventable tragedy.
Surely the driver knew going 3 -4 times faster was a huge error.
Prayers for all.
 
Train driver to face trial for Spain's worst accident in decades

The prosecutor is requesting four-year prison sentences for the train driver and the head of traffic safety at the time the route started operating.

They are both accused of 80 crimes of homicide due to gross professional negligence, 145 crimes of injury due to gross professional negligence and one crime of damage.


A start date for the trial has yet to be set.
 

- A trial opened Wednesday in Spain over a 2013 train derailment that killed 80 passengers and injured 145 others.

Prosecutors are seeking four-year prison sentences for the train driver and for a former security director at state-owned rail infrastructure company ADIF.
 

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