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Train Driver Convicted Over Spain's Worst Crash In Decades That Killed 79
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.
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Valentino Rossi To Miss Upcoming San Marino GP
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.
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Rollercoaster Cars Crash At This Theme Park In Spain , More Than 30 Injured
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.
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At Least 4 Dead As Train Derails In Spain
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.
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Coach Carrying Foreign Students Crashes In Spain, Killing 13
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.
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F-16 Crashes, 10 Killed During NATO Exercises in Spain
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.
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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.
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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.
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Black boxes show Spanish train derailed at 179 kph
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.
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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.
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Argentina train drivers caught asleep on video while driving
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Train Driver Convicted Over Spain's Worst Crash In Decades That Killed 79
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.
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Valentino Rossi To Miss Upcoming San Marino GP
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.
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Rollercoaster Cars Crash At This Theme Park In Spain , More Than 30 Injured
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.
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At Least 4 Dead As Train Derails In Spain
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.
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Coach Carrying Foreign Students Crashes In Spain, Killing 13
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.
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F-16 Crashes, 10 Killed During NATO Exercises in Spain
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.
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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.
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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.
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Black boxes show Spanish train derailed at 179 kph
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.
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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.
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Argentina train drivers caught asleep on video while driving
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
