Train Crash Driver Held For Reckless Homicide

The driver of a speeding train that hurtled off the rails killing 78 people in Spain has been detained for "reckless homicide", according to the country's Interior Minister.

Speaking at a news conference in the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela where the accident happened, Jorge Fernandez Diaz said: "He has been detained since 7:40pm on Thursday for the alleged crimes of reckless homicide."

The driver, named by local media as 52-year-old Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, was arrested in the hospital where he is recovering after one of Europe's worst rail disasters. He has been under police guard since the crash on Wednesday evening.

He was due to appear before a judge in the Galicia region today but his appearance has been delayed because he remains in hospital. He is thought to have sustained minor injuries in the crash, with pictures showing him being led away from the scene with a bloodied head.

The delay means a further wait to hear his official explanation for the devastating crash. The train was said to have been travelling at more than twice the speed limit on a curve when it hurtled off the rails and slammed into a concrete wall, with one carriage leaping up onto a siding.

Meanwhile, doctors are continuing to try to identify the last three of the 78 passengers killed in the catastrophe. 

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