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Spain train crash: Driver given three signals to slow down

FP Archives • August 2, 2013, 22:24:38 IST
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At that point, the train was going 121 mph (195 kph) when the speed limit was set at 50 mph (80 kph). Four seconds later the driver applied emergency brakes.

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Madrid: The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing 79 people, ignored three warnings to reduce speed in the two minutes before the train hurtled off the tracks on a treacherous curve, crash investigators said Friday. A court statement said the driver was talking on the phone to a colleague when he received the first automatic warning in his cabin of a sharply reduced speed zone ahead. The statement said the warning was by means of an audible sound but provided no further detail. [caption id=“attachment_1006781” align=“aligncenter” width=“380”] ![The high speed train accident in Spain killed over 70 people. Reuters](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Spain_Train_reu.jpg) The high speed train accident in Spain killed over 70 people. Reuters[/caption] Police forensic tests on the train’s black box data recorders showed the last warning came just 250 meters (yards) before a dangerous curve where the accident occurred last week in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. At that point, the train was going 121 mph (195 kph) when the speed limit was set at 50 mph (80 kph). Four seconds later the driver applied emergency brakes. By the time Francisco Jose Garzon Amo applied the brakes, the train was already beginning to lose contact with the rails, the statement said. The total derailment occurred at 111 mph (179 kph). Garzon has admitted in court that he was traveling too fast but could not explain to an investigating judge why he didn*t slow down earlier. He was arrested shortly after the crash but was released by the judge on provisional charges relating to multiple counts of negligent homicide. In a court statement, the judge said the phone call, which came from the train’s on-board ticket inspector, had been inappropriate, but added that the accident “seems to have been caused, no doubt, by the driver’s inappropriate and unpredictable driving.” Of the passengers who were injured in the accident, 54 were still in the hospital late Friday, nine in critical condition. The investigation is expected to last several weeks before presenting its formal conclusions. AP

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