A train driver suspected of causing Spain's
worst train disaster for decades has has
been formally accused of reckless homicide,
the country's Interior Minister said.
Investigators are looking into possible
failings by 52-year-old Francisco Jose
Garzon Amo after the Madrid to Ferrol
service derailed on Wednesday night as it
approached the city of Santiago de
Compostela.
He has now left hospital after receiving
treatment for chest trauma and been taken
to a police station, but has so far refused to
answer officers' questions and is expected
to be interrogated by a judge.

Visiting Santiago, Interior Minister Jorge
Fernandez Diaz said there were "reasonable
grounds to think he (Garzon Amo) may
have a potential liability".
"He has been detained since 7:40pm on
Thursday for the alleged crime of reckless
homicide," Fernandez Diaz said.
The president of the autonomous region of
Galicia, Alberto Nunez Feijoo said forensic
science units hoped to name three of the 78
victims who have not yet been identified in
the next three days.

Nunez-Feijoo also said a public funeral for
the 78 dead would be held at Santiago
cathedral on Monday at 7pm local time.
One Briton was among the 168 injured
passengers, while 30 people are still
believed to be in a critical condition.
In addition to people from all over Spain,
nationals from the United States, Mexico
and Algeria are believed to be among the
dead.
Authorities are in possession of the train's
so-called "black box", which is expected to
shed further light on the cause of the
disaster.
Adif, Spain's railway agency, confirmed that
a high-tech automatic braking programme
was installed on the track for most of the
journey but stops just five kilometres (three
miles) south of where the crash occurred.
From that point on the driver has sole
control of the brakes.
"Regardless of the system in place, the
drivers know the speed limits. If these are
respected, an accident should not take
place," a spokeswoman said.
Early indications suggested the train was
travelling at around 118mph - more than
twice the 50mph speed limit - when it
crashed while heading into a curve.
Gonzalo Ferre, president of Adif, said the
driver should have started slowing the train
four kilometres (2.5 miles) before reaching
a dangerous bend that train drivers had
been told to respect.
"Four kilometres before the accident
happened he already had warnings that he
had to begin slowing his speed, because as
soon as he exits the tunnel he needs to be
travelling at 80 kilometres per hour," Ferre
said.
According to reports in the Spanish media,
after realising the magnitude of the disaster
Amo said: "I f***** up, I want to die."
In March 2012, the 30-year employee of
Spanish train operator Renfe allegedly
posted boasts on Facebook about how fast
he was driving a train and joked about
racing past police.
He is believed to have taken control of the
train from a second driver about 65 miles
south of Santiago.
Wednesday's train crash is the worst Spain
has experienced since a three-train accident
in a tunnel in the northern Leon province in
1944.
The latest incident comes less than two
weeks after six people were killed and
scores injured in a train crash just south of
Paris.


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