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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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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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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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Detained Spanish train driver refuses to answer police questioning
The driver of a speeding train that crashed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, killing 78 people, has refused to respond to police questioning on Friday, a police spokesman told AFP.
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Spain train crash: 80 people killed, driver investigated
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital yesterday after the dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed.
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Driver in custody after 80 killed in spain train crash
Police took the driver of a Spanish train into custody in hospital on Thursday after at least 80 people died when it derailed and caught fire in a dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed.
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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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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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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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Detained Spanish train driver refuses to answer police questioning
The driver of a speeding train that crashed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, killing 78 people, has refused to respond to police questioning on Friday, a police spokesman told AFP.
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Spain train crash: 80 people killed, driver investigated
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital yesterday after the dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed.
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Driver in custody after 80 killed in spain train crash
Police took the driver of a Spanish train into custody in hospital on Thursday after at least 80 people died when it derailed and caught fire in a dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed.
