On Wednesday evening, a Spanish train in the North West region of Galicia killed over 80 people after derailing. In the latest news, Francisco Jose Garzon de Amo, the train driver, is now being watched by police guard in hospital and is being placed under investigation as a result of the accident.
The 52-year-old man escaped Spain’s worst rail disaster in 70 years with just minor injuries in a crash where over 130 people were wounded. According to reports, the derailed train was going twice the normal speed. When it approached a curve the train was traveling around 160km/h whilst approaching Santiago de Compostela.
On Thursday night, Spanish media posted quotes from the driver’s Facebook page.
This is apparently what was said:
It would be amazing to go alongside police and overtake them and trigger off the speed camera.
The comments were posted beneath a photograph of a train’s speedometer clocking 200 km/h (124 m/h). To which a friend commented, “You are going way too fast – Braaaaaaake!!”
To watch the CCTV footage of the crash, click here.
[Source: TheTelegraph]
