Driver probe after Spanish train disaster
Spanish authorities are investigating the driver of the train that crashed in north-west Spain killing 80 passengers in the country's worst rail disaster for 70 years.
Investigators are looking into possible failings by the driver after the Madrid to Ferrol service derailed on Wednesday night as it approached the city of Santiago de Compostela.
A second probe launched into the catastrophe will look at the train's in-built speed regulation systems. Early indications suggest the train reached 118mph - more than twice the 50mph speed limit - when it crashed while heading into a curve.
The train's driver, named in local reports as Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, is expected to be interviewed by an investigating judge in possession of the train's "black box" data recorder. He is not believed to be under arrest at this stage.
The full horror of the disaster was revealed in harrowing video footage of the moment the high-speed train derailed. Posted on YouTube, the security camera footage shows the middle carriages of the Class 730 train smash into a wall before the engine crashes on to its side.
