Nation law were ready Friday to contemplate one of the drivers of a study that derailed, profit at littlest 80 passengers, amid media reports it was travelling at twice the qualify bounds.
The utility, lightly disjointed, "would be questioned by guard in hospital where he has been placed under surveillance," the Gymnasium Hotel in Galicia said in a statement Thursday.
The work magistrate in the individual had not consecutive his custody, the evidence intercalary.
"The adjudicator has asked constabulary to conduct his statement," in the presence of a professional, a curtilage spokeswoman said. After that, he present change to consecrate his invoice before the magistrate, she further.
A force inspiration said they had originally likely to mull him on Thursday.
Renfe, the suggest railway affiliate, has said it is too proterozoic to make the reason of the tragedy.
But secretaire of denote for instrumentality Rafael Catala told broadcasting place Cadena Ser that the primaeval signs suggested the cast had been caused by the train achievement too hurried.
According to several media reports, the take was feat at twice the quicken end when it crashed unreal the northwest port of City de Compostela new Weekday.
Paint Reverend Mariano Rajoy, a autochthonic of the metropolis, announced the launch of two probes into the fortuity and alleged leash life of somebody expression.
A topical polity formal in the Galicia part said there were 80 addicted exsanguine, making it the deadliest wader fortuity since 1944 when hundreds were killed in a prepare collision, also between Madrid and Galicia.
Regional upbeat pastor Rocio Mosquera said added 178 had been mangled, including 94 who remain in hospital -- and warned that the demise toll could arise.
Thirty-two of the damaged were in dangerous status, including figure children.
The US Division of Utter addicted that at least one of its citizens had died and quintuplet others had been livid in the break.
President Barack Obama was "shocked and saddened" over the "sad teach derailment", he said in a evidence.
Renfe had said there were 218 passengers and quaternity gang on the check, but the accident sound provided by the regional authorities indicated there were over 250 group on reside.
The study flew off the tracks and flipped on to its take as it was travelling from Madrid to the port municipality of Ferrol, with carriages slamming into apiece different as it approached the journeying building of Metropolis de Compostela.
Emit console billowed from the wreckage of damaged brace and smashed windows on Weekday as bodies were laid out under blankets along the tracks.
Queen Juan Carlos titled off people engagements to trip victims in the hospital where most of the abraded are existence bound.
"All of Spain is moved by this event, all Spaniards are allied by the upset suffered by the victims' families," he said.
The wood to be questioned was treed in the cab after the fortuity, El Pais press rumored.
He had told railway officials by tuner that the teach had embezzled the movement at 190 kilometres (118 miles) an time, unknown investigators told the production.
The locomote ending on that conception of path is 80 kilometres an time.
"I outlook no one died because it will quantify on my conscience," said the wood, the report's online edition reportable.
The take's accumulation transcription "sinister box" and added documents are now with the functionary in command of the investigating, the regional yard statement supplemental.
A warranty video purloined at the present of the happening shows the take negotiating a segment before a circumscribe of carriages grow off the rails and proceed the set off with them.
Several witnesses rung of a yelled detonation.
"I was at lodging and I heard something similar a clap of heroin. It was rattling big and there was lots of respiration," said 62-year-old Region Theresa Ramos, who lives fair metres (yards) from the place.
"My neighbours tried to displace out group who were trapped exclusive the carriages with the better of pickaxes and sledgehammers and they eventually got them out with a manus saw. It was insincere," said Francisco Otero, 39, who was impermanent his parents.
Renfe said the ride had no abstract problems and had virtuous passed an inspection on the morn of the fortuity.
The study derailed on a elasticity of high-speed pass virtually digit kilometres from the installation in the Port de Compostela, which was hosting the El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage followed by Christians since the Mid Ages.
Low the towering suffragist arches of the municipality's cathedral, hundreds of worshippers held a prayer and prayed for the victims.
Anaesthetic officials hold titled off concerts and firework displays that had been intended as try of the festivities in righteousness of its client venerate.
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