Driver Was On Phone, Going Twice The Speed Limit At Time Of Spain Train Crash | Talking Points Memo

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court says “black box” data recorders show that a train conductor was on the phone and traveling at 95 mph (153 kph), almost twice the speed limit, when the vehicle derailed, killing 79 people.Investigators say the train had been going as fast as 119 mph (192 kph) shortly before the derailment and that the conductor activated the brakes “seconds before the crash.”


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