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The driver of a Spanish train which hurtled off the tracks and smashed into a wall, killing at least 80 people, previously boasted of speeding on his Facebook page.
Francisco Jose Garzon, one of the drivers on the train which crashed, leaving at least 140 people injured including one Briton, is reported to have posted a picture on the site of a train speedometer at 125mph. The speed limit on that section of track is 80km/h (50mph).
According to reports he also boasted about how fast he was going. The webpage has disappeared after images appeared on Spanish TV and newspaper websites.
'We're only human! We're only human!' he told the station, the newspaper said, citing sources close to the investigation. 'I hope there are no dead, because this will fall on my conscience.'
Make me wonder how this guy was ever put into a position to engineer a train. It seems to be common sense that it would derail if it was going 2.5 times over the speed limit.
The driver of a Spanish train which hurtled off the tracks and smashed into a wall, killing at least 80 people, previously boasted of speeding on his Facebook page.
Francisco Jose Garzon, one of the drivers on the train which crashed, leaving at least 140 people injured including one Briton, is reported to have posted a picture on the site of a train speedometer at 125mph. The speed limit on that section of track is 80km/h (50mph).
According to reports he also boasted about how fast he was going. The webpage has disappeared after images appeared on Spanish TV and newspaper websites.
'We're only human! We're only human!' he told the station, the newspaper said, citing sources close to the investigation. 'I hope there are no dead, because this will fall on my conscience.'
Make me wonder how this guy was ever put into a position to engineer a train. It seems to be common sense that it would derail if it was going 2.5 times over the speed limit.
