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• Spain Train Driver Apologises One Year After Deadly Crash

  A year after a train flew off the tracks on the outskirts of the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, killing 79 people, the driver on Thursday asked for forgiveness in an open letter to the victims.

• Spain train crash: Recordings reveal driver pleaded for passengers' safety before mishap

  The driver of a Spanish train that flew off the rails and killed 79 people admitted speeding but complained bitterly about a dangerous curve as he lay trapped in his cabin, a new recording reveals.

• Spanish train driver can't explain why he crashed

  The driver of the train that derailed in northwestern Spain, killing 79 people, has said he was traveling at twice the speed limit when he approached a treacherous turn.

• Spain's train driver was talking to ticket inspector on phone when it crashed

  A Spanish court said the driver of a train that crashed last week killing 79 people has said he was talking by phone to the train's ticket inspector just before the accident happened but hung up before the train left the tracks.

• Spain train crash: Police looking for man who was on the phone with the accused driver

  Spanish investigators are trying to identify an employee of the Renfe state rail company who was on the phone to a driver at the moment his train crashed last week, killing 79 people in the country's worst rail accident in decades.

• Spain train driver 'doesn't understand' how he crashed

  The driver of a Spanish train that derailed killing 79 people told a judge he "didn't understand" how he failed to brake in time to stop the crash, a recording of his court hearing revealed on Wednesday.

• Spain train driver was on phone when it crashed, say investigators

  The driver of the train that derailed and killed 79 people in Spain was on the phone and traveling at 95 mph - almost twice the speed limit - when the crash happened last week, according to a preliminary investigation released on Tuesday.

• Spain train crash: Driver released from hospital, arrested 'for reckless manslaughter'

  The injured driver of the Spanish train that derailed at high speed, killing 78 and injuring dozens more, was released from the hospital Saturday, but he was still being held in a police station as authorities increasingly focused on his culpability.

• Spain train disaster: Accused driver faces charges of 'recklessness'

  The driver of a train that hurtled off the rails killing 78 people in Spain faced possible charges as doctors worked today to identify the last three victims of the country's worst rail disaster in decades.

• Spain's derailed train failed to break in time: report

  The driver of a fast-moving train that flew off the tracks in northwestern Spain, killing at least 80 people, was unable to break in time, newspaper El Pais reported today.