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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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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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4-Year Jail Sentence Sought for Driver in Spain Train Disaster
Public prosecutors on Tuesday called for a four-year jail term for the train driver involved in one of Spain's worst rail disasters, in which 80 people died in 2013, and that victims' families receive 42.9 million euros ($47.3 million) in compensation.
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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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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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Spanish train crash driver charged provisionally with negligent homicide
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed killing 79 people was provisionally charged Sunday with multiple cases of negligent homicide.
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Driver in Spanish train crash faces questions from judge
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed was taken before a judge on Sunday for questioning as officials try to determine to what degree he was responsible for the deaths of 79 people in the accident.
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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.
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Spain train driver suspected of negligent homicide
Spain's interior minister announced Saturday that the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide.
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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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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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4-Year Jail Sentence Sought for Driver in Spain Train Disaster
Public prosecutors on Tuesday called for a four-year jail term for the train driver involved in one of Spain's worst rail disasters, in which 80 people died in 2013, and that victims' families receive 42.9 million euros ($47.3 million) in compensation.
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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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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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Spanish train crash driver charged provisionally with negligent homicide
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed killing 79 people was provisionally charged Sunday with multiple cases of negligent homicide.
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Driver in Spanish train crash faces questions from judge
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed was taken before a judge on Sunday for questioning as officials try to determine to what degree he was responsible for the deaths of 79 people in the accident.
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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.
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Spain train driver suspected of negligent homicide
Spain's interior minister announced Saturday that the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide.
