Train Crash In Santiago De Compostela

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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  Spain train crash: Probe of derailment focuses on speed

  By all accounts, the train was going way too fast as it curled around a gentle bend. Then in an instant, one car tumbled off the track, followed by the rest of the locomotive, which seemed to come apart like a zipper being pulled.

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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.

• 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.

• Spain train crash: At least 78 passengers killed, over a hundred injured

  A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela last night, on the eve of a major religious festival, killing at least 78 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters.

• 77 people killed in Spanish train crash, say officials

  A train hurtled off the tracks in northwest Spain killing at least 77 passengers and injuring more than 140, an official said today, with the media suggesting the tragedy could be due to speeding.

• At least 60 killed, more than a hundred injured, after train derails in Spain

  A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela yesterday, killing at least 60 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters.