A court statement issued late sunday said investigative magistrate luis alaez released francisco jose garzon amo without bail. The driver is now a focus of the investigation into spains worst train disaster in decades and police there said that he would be questioned as a suspect for a. The driver of the train involved in spains worst rail disaster in almost 70 years was freed on bail on sunday night after reportedly admitting to a judge that he had behaved recklessly. Spain train crash driver has no explanation news al. These were the words of francisco jose garzon, the driver of. The driver of the train that derailed in spain has been charged with 79 counts of reckless homicide, a judge ruled on sunday night.
Reutersoscar corral francisco garzon, 52, who was arrested in the aftermath of the shocking train crash, is suspected of driving the. The driver of a train that derailed in northwestern spain last week, killing 79 people, was on the phone with railway staff when the train crashed. Video footage emerges showing moment train derails and kills 80, as police interview driver francisco jose garzon amo. Renfe identified him as francisco jose garzon amo, as a 30year employee of the state. Report says spanish train driver admits reckless speeding the. Train driver warns passengers seconds before train crashes. It was also revealed that driver, francisco jose garzon amo, was talking on the phone to an official at the.
One car ripped apart by the force of the crash now the train was traveling from madrid is and it derailed in northwestern spain which has. Spanish train inquiry focuses on driver with a taste for. A spokeswoman for the galicia supreme court said the driver, who was slightly injured in the crash. Spanish train wreck driver got warnings before crash reuters. Driver named in deadly spain train crash newscomau. Garzon was driving the train carrying 218 passenger in eight cars that hurtled far over the 80kph 50mph speed limit into a highrisk curve on. The ladbroke grove rail crash also known as the paddington rail crash was a rail accident which occurred on 5 october 1999 at ladbroke grove in london, united kingdom. Spanish train crash driver was on phone, black box reveals. The driver of a train that crashed in northern spain, killing 79 people, has been charged with multiple cases of negligent homicide. Authorities have charged the trains driver, francisco jose garzon. The driver of a train that crashed in northern spain two years ago, killing 80 people, is set to be the only person to face criminal charges over the accident, prosecutors have announced. A recording has emerged of a phonecall made by a rail driver moments after his train derailed in northern spain, killing 79 people in july. Spanish train crash driver tells court of final moments.
Driver on phone when spanish train derailed, court says cnn. Francisco jose garzon amo hurt in wednesdays crash is under guard in hospital. Driver investigated after spain train crash kills 80 reuters. Black boxes found and driver arrested in spanish train crash. Driver in deadly spain train crash under scrutiny cbs news. Ive said before that this bend was dangerous and that one day it would do for us. Moments after being dragged from the wreckage, the driver of the train that derailed in northwest spain on wednesday, killing 78, told his rescuers i have fucked it up. The train was travelling at 153kmh 95mph at the time, investigators at the court of. The 26yearold driver of one of the trains died while three people are in serious condition after the rail disaster between the towns of st vicenc castellet and manresa. The driver of a spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital on thursday after the dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by. The driver of the train that derailed killing 78 people has refused to answer initial questions, spanish police say. The train driver in last weeks crash in spain was talking on the phone when it derailed, investigators say. Spains lead investigator in the crash, judge vazquez tain, ordered detectives to question the train driver. Investigations continue into crash that killed 78 people.
On 28 july 20, the trains driver francisco jose garzon amo was charged with 79 counts of homicide by professional. Barcelona train crash one dead and 95 injured as two. Barcelona, spain the driver in the train crash last week in northwestern spain that killed 79 people told prosecutors that he had. Driver was on phone at time of spain train crash which. Police question driver in hospital after train flew off tracks, killing 80 passengers and injuring 178. The speed of the train is being questioned and the. Francisco jose garzon amo was on his mobile phone just before the crash in july 20. Francisco jose garzon amo was on his mobile phone just before the crash in july 20, as the highspeed train left the track on a sharp bend at. The accident was spains worst train crash since 1972, when 86 people were killed in the southwest of the country. In 1972, a frontal train crash in andalusia, in the south, left dozens of people dead. Public prosecutors on tuesday called for a fouryear jail term for the train driver involved in one of spains worst rail disasters, in which 80.
The revelations came as the number of injured rose to. A train driver has been hailed as a hero after he risked his life to warn his passengers of an impending crash with a lorry. Driver in custody after 80 killed in spain train crash reuters. The driver of a train which derailed in spain killing 79 people told a judge that he cannot explain why he did not slow down as he approached a treacherous bend at twice the speed limit. Until then, the train driver, francisco jose garzon, had been the only individual facing charges in the case. Train driver detained as spain mourns after tragic crash. Spain train crash driver held in custody news al jazeera. Train crash in northern spain four dead, 47 injured cnn a train traveling from the spanish city of vigo to oporto in portugal has derailed, causing deaths. The driver of the train that crashed in spain killing 79 people was on a phone talking to railway officials just before it derailed, investigators say. On 28 july 20, the trains driver francisco jose garzon amo was charged with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness and an undetermined number of counts of causing injury by professional recklessness.
Driver in spain train crash in court the irish times. Driver of spanish train that crashed, francisco jose. Driver in spain train crash charged with negligent. Getty images nearby, rescue workers lined up bodies covered in blankets alongside the tracks. Train driver francisco jose garzon amo is officially held in the hospital where he is recovering after 78 people were killed in a rail crash in north west spain. The driver of a train that crashed in northern spain two years ago, killing 80 people, is set to be the only person to face criminal charges over the.
Spain train crash driver accused of reckless homicide a train driver suspected of causing spains worst train disaster for decades is formally accused of. Driver in custody after 80 killed in spain train crash. Spain train crash driver accused of reckless homicide. The driver of a fastmoving train which flew off the tracks in northwestern spain, killing 78 people, is refusing to respond to police questioning. The driver of the deadly train crash in spain last week was on the phone when the train derailed, evidence from the data black box revealed on tuesday. Francisco jose garzon amo was charged on sunday night after. Spain train driver on phone at time of deadly crash.
The driver of the train that crashed in northern spain, killing at least 80 people, made a panicked phone call moments before the crash saying that the train was going too fast. A spanish train driver will be questioned by police in hospital over crash which has killed at least 80. With 31 people killed and 417 injured, it remains one of the worst rail accidents in britain. Thats nearly twice the speed limit on the curve where the accident happened. Spains staterun train company has described him as an experienced driver who knew the route well. The trains driver, named in local reports as francisco jose garzon amo, is expected to be interviewed on friday by an investigating judge in. The driver of a spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital yesterday after the. At least one american on board among the 80 killed. Spanish train crash driver wrote on facebook about high speed. It was the second major accident on the great western main line in just over two years, the first being the southall rail. Deadly train crash in spain we move on to the heartstopping new video of the deadly train crash in spain. The driver of the train that derailed in northwestern spain and killed 79 people has admitted he was travelling at twice the speed limit before it hit a curve and crashed in a courtroom video. Driver of train that derailed in northern spain was responsible for braking, experts say.