Multiple dead as train 'hurtled through 50 zone at 118mph' before hitting concrete wall

dailystar.co.uk:

READ MORE: Off-duty paramedic downed 10 pints before killing 'doting dad' in horror crashOut of 222 people, 218 passengers and four crew, on board, 142 were injured and 80 died.The train's data recorder showed that it was travelling at more than double the posted speed limit of 50 mph when it entered a bend in the rail.

The crash was recorded on a track-side camera which shows all thirteen train cars derailing and four overturning. A British survivor at the time, expat salesman Mark Woodward, was pulled from the wreckage with ­serious stomach injuries after the crash.At the time Mr Woodward was told by British Embassy staff how many people had been killed and he sobbed: “No.

It can’t be, it can’t be.”Horrific pictures circulated showing the carnage caused by the derailment.Carriages were left twisted metal wrecks while injured passengers could be seen being helped away from the scene.The driver, Francisco Jose Garzon de Amo, and the head of traffic safety at the time the route started operating were both arrested and are accused of 80 crimes of homicide due to gross professional negligence, 145 crimes of injury due to gross professional negligence and one crime of damage.A start date for the trial has yet to be set.