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| Spain train crash: Driver formally detained | |
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| The driver of a train that derailed on Wednesday killing 78 people has been formally detained, Spanish police say. | |
| The driver, who was injured and is under guard in hospital, is accused of "crimes related to the accident", they say. | |
| There are reports that the train was travelling at more than double the speed limit at the time of the crash. | There are reports that the train was travelling at more than double the speed limit at the time of the crash. |
| Spain has declared three days of national mourning over the crash, one of its worst-ever rail disasters. | |
| The police chief in the Galicia region, Jaime Iglesias, said on Friday that driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo would be questioned "as a suspect for a crime linked to the cause of the accident". | |
| He added that Mr Garzon could not yet testify because of his medical condition. | |
| Police also put the confirmed number of deaths at 78 - down from 80 announced earlier. | |
| They said the difference arose because human remains had been wrongly identified in the initial stages. | |
| At least 130 people were taken to hospital after the accident near the north-western city of Santiago de Compostela, and 95 are still being treated. | |
| The 32 seriously injured include children. People from several nationalities are among the wounded, including five Americans and one Briton. One American was among the dead. |