Posted on 07/26/2013 4:51:38 PM PDT by dynachrome
The driver of a speeding train that crashed in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night, killing 78 people, has refused to respond to police questioning on Friday, a police spokesman told AFP.
“The driver has refused to answer the police authorities,” said the spokesman, adding that the case will now “proceed to a judicial process as soon as possible.”
Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, 52, who has remained in hospital under police supervision since the crash, was formally detained by police on Thursday night accused of criminal recklessness, according to the head of the Galician police service Jaime Iglesias.
The train was said to have been travelling at more than twice the 80 kilometres per hour speed limit when it came off the rails four kilometres from the city’s main station and slammed into a concrete wall on the side of the track.
Amo, while still trapped in his cab, reportedly told railway officials by radio that the train had been travelling at 190 kilometres (118 miles) per hour.
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courtesy ping.
This must be the driver that was bragging about going over the speed limit, and took a picture of the speedometer to prove it...
Yes. His comment “I hope nobody is killed because it would be on my conscience” sounds strange. Is it possible to recklessly derail a train and injure, terrify people etc. and only worry if someone died how it would make YOU feel. I know he must have been in shock - maybe that’s it but I find his comment galling. As if the real problem is how he would feel versus how all the people affected by the crash, the families of the dead etc., would feel.
Big moslem presence in Spain. It’s sad but I find myself wondering if he’s spent any time with them or at a mosque.
There's no indication that his picture was taken when the train was exceeding the stated limits. There are many points on the route where those speeds are allowed. The crash site, however, was not one of those.
An indication of what lies in the future for the unwanted and superexpensive California supertrain?
No thanks, I’ll walk!
Those gentle highway curves were built for 70mph traffic but they get considerably sharper at 150mph or so.
The problem is that in a train you can’t drift across the lanes to ease the lateral forces.
Remember that large train crash in LA a few years ago? The homo engineer Sanchez was texting his young boy fans (train spotters) when he crashed. This got covered up for the most part.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chatsworth_train_collision
I read earlier that he said, “I want to die.”
He needed a few rounds of “wedge” and one turn up on the track bar....
Full disclosure: my post was not a defense of government-funded high-speed rail -- merely an attempt to set the facts straight in this particular story. Conductor [or pilot] error will always be a potential factor. You might end up on a 777 hitting its tail on the seawall at SFO, too.
Just sayin'.
From the video it looks like the engine would have been OK but the passenger cars were tight and kept going straight.
Engineer: Si.
Policia: Were you operating the train at an excessive rate of speed?
Engineer: Si.
Policia: Did you see the automatic speed sesnor instrument on the panel?
Engineer: Si.
Policia: What did you think when the alarm system went off?
Engineer: So?
Policia: Do you have any family members you would like us to contact?
Engineer: Sue.
Policia: If we an't reach Sue, is there someone else we should contact?
Engineer: Si.
Policia: And who might that be?
Engineer: Sy.
Here in Michigan we have idiots protesting the upgrades to the Embridge pipeline.
Apparently they would prefer the oil barreling through all these little towns on trains.
LOL!
LOL...
Hi speed rail ... when it fails, it fails big.
Tight in, loose off.
Did the press blame it on racism yet? Oh wait, this happened in Spain not here.
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