Madrid: 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.
A court spokeswoman said today the employee called driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo some two minutes before the train barreled into a high-risk curve at almost twice the speed limit, causing it to derail and slam into a wall and track embankments.
She said the call had not ended when the accident occurred.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with their workplace regulations.
A court spokeswoman said today the employee called driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo some two minutes before the train barreled into a high-risk curve at almost twice the speed limit, causing it to derail and slam into a wall and track embankments.
She said the call had not ended when the accident occurred.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with their workplace regulations.
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