Spain Train Crash

A Spanish train driver and a former traffic safety chief at national rail infrastructure operator ADIF were sentenced on Friday to two-and-a-half years in prison over a train disaster that killed 79 people 11 years ago.

Valentino Rossi will end up missing the upcoming San Marino GP at the Misano Circuit in Italy. The Movistar Yamaha rider will most likely also miss the next MotoGP round at Aragon, Spain.

Thirty-three people suffered minor injuries Sunday in a collision between two trains on a rollercoaster at one of Spain's oldest theme parks, emergency services said.

At least four people died and around 50 were injured Friday when a train came off the tracks in northwestern Spain on its way to Portugal, just as it was approaching a station.

Thirteen students were killed and dozens more injured in Spain Sunday when the driver of their coach lost control and crashed into an oncoming car as they returned from a festival.

Eight French and two Greek military personnel died on Monday when a Greek fighter jet crashed on takeoff at a military base in Spain housing a NATO training centre for elite pilots.

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.

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.

A Spanish train was hurtling around a curve at 179 kph (111 mph), more than twice the speed limit, when it leapt off the tracks in a disaster that killed 79 people, a report on the contents of the "black box" recorders showed Friday.

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.

Argentine train drivers have been caught on video half asleep at the controls, talking on cell phones and reading books since a deadly rail crash in June, officials said on Wednesday.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Spanish train driver and a former traffic safety chief at national rail infrastructure operator ADIF were sentenced on Friday to two-and-a-half years in prison over a train disaster that killed 79 people 11 years ago.

Valentino Rossi will end up missing the upcoming San Marino GP at the Misano Circuit in Italy. The Movistar Yamaha rider will most likely also miss the next MotoGP round at Aragon, Spain.

Thirty-three people suffered minor injuries Sunday in a collision between two trains on a rollercoaster at one of Spain's oldest theme parks, emergency services said.

At least four people died and around 50 were injured Friday when a train came off the tracks in northwestern Spain on its way to Portugal, just as it was approaching a station.

Thirteen students were killed and dozens more injured in Spain Sunday when the driver of their coach lost control and crashed into an oncoming car as they returned from a festival.

Eight French and two Greek military personnel died on Monday when a Greek fighter jet crashed on takeoff at a military base in Spain housing a NATO training centre for elite pilots.

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.

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.

A Spanish train was hurtling around a curve at 179 kph (111 mph), more than twice the speed limit, when it leapt off the tracks in a disaster that killed 79 people, a report on the contents of the "black box" recorders showed Friday.

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.

Argentine train drivers have been caught on video half asleep at the controls, talking on cell phones and reading books since a deadly rail crash in June, officials said on Wednesday.

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.

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.

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.

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.