A driver of the Spanish train,
which hurtled off the tracks and smashed into a wall, killing at least 80
people, previously boasted of speeding on his Facebook page.
Francisco Jose Garzon, one
of the drivers on the train which crashed, leaving up to 141 people injured
including one Briton, is reported to have posted a picture on the site of a
train speedometer at 125mph last year. According to reports he
also boasted about how fast he was going. The webpage has disappeared after
images appeared on Spanish TV and newspaper websites.
The Supreme Court of the
Galicia region, which did not say which driver was being questioned, said: 'The
judge has ordered the police to take a statement from the driver, currently
under formal investigation, in the hospital where he is being held in custody.'
A terrifying video
meanwhile has emerged which captured the moment the train crashed. All eight carriages of the
Madrid to Ferrol train derailed near the city of Santiago de Compostela last
night. Dramatic video footage
from a security camera shows the train careering into a concrete wall as it
came off the rails on the bend, before flipping onto its side and hurtling down
the railway line with its terrified passengers on board.
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