Two persons are status trial in Galicia on Wednesday over a perilous educate crash in Spain that killed 80 folks.
More than 140 others have been injured when a high-speed educate derailed close to Santiago de Compostela in July 2013.
An investigation printed that the Alvia 04155 educate from Madrid was once travelling 179 km/h alongside a stretch of observe with an 80 km/h velocity prohibit.
The educate derailed and crashed right into a wall 4 kilometres sooner than it reached town. It was once the worst rail crisis in Spain since 1972.
Investigators additionally discovered that the motive force were speaking to the conductor on his cell phone simply moments sooner than the twist of fate.
The motive force and the previous director of safety for Spain’s railway community (Adif) are status trial accused of “homicide resulting from serious professional negligence”.
They every resist 4 years in jail, whilst sufferers’ households have additionally asked damages amounting to just about €58 million.
Victims’ associations have accused Adif of the use of the motive force as a scapegoat and failing to make use of suitable signalling or computerized breaking techniques.
The corporate was once ultimately charged through government over the crash in 2016
More than 650 witnesses will talk on the four-month trial, which is predicted to final till February. Proceedings are being held in a cultural centre in Santiago de Compostela, because of the choice of attorneys and civil events.
Nine years after the twist of fate, survivors have additionally blamed Spain’s former Transport minister for the gradual investigation.
Dozens of folks protested in entrance of Spain’s parliament on Monday, chanting that they might “continue to fight for justice”.
