Spanish train driver to be questioned ‘as suspect’ as ‘black boxes’ seized by investigators

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by funmi ojuroye
A burned out train carriage is taken away on a flat-bed truck in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Friday July 26, 2013
AP Photo / Lalo R. VillarA burned out train carriage is taken away on a flat-bed truck in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Friday July 26, 2013

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SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain — Spanish investigators have taken possession of the “black boxes” of the train involved in the country’s worst train crash in decades as the driver, Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, was officially detained in the hospital where he was recovering.
The train hurtled at high-speed along a curve and derailed, court spokeswoman Maria Pardo Rios said Friday. The boxes record the train’s trip data, including speed and distances and braking and are similar to flight recorders for airplanes.
Jaime Iglesias, the National Police chief of the Galicia region where the crash happened just on the outskirts of the regional capital, Santiago de Compostela, said the driver, under guard by police, cannot yet testify because of his medical condition.
Monica Ferreiros, Xoan A. Solera / AFP / Getty Images
Monica Ferreiros, Xoan A. Solera / AFP / Getty ImagesA picture taken on July 24, 2013 shows wounded train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo evacuated by two men after the train accident near the city of Santiago de Compostela
Iglesias said that Garzon Amo would be questioned “as a suspect for a crime linked to the cause of the accident.”
Iglesias added that he did not have details of the medical condition but that it could delay efforts by police to question him.
Meanwhile, police scientists examining the remains of those killed lowered the death count from 80 people to 78 on Friday and said the count could change as they continue their work identifying body parts and associating them with others.

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