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The driver of the train that derailed in northern Spain, killing 78 people, admitted in the aftermath of the crash that he had 'f***** up' and 'wanted 'to die', it was claimed on Friday night.
Francisco Jose Garzon de Amo, 52, escaped from the wreckage of the country's worst rail disaster in almost 70 years with only light injuries and is now under police guard in his hospital bed.
Pictures on Friday showed the moment he was led away from the scene - past the bodies of the dead and wounded - by rescue workers. As he realised the enormity of the crash, he is alleged to have said: "I f***** it up. I want to die."
Mr Garzon was formally placed under arrest on Thursday evening "on suspicion of a criminal act linked to responsibility for the accident."
In recorded transcripts of calls from the train cab to rail officials, he admitted in the moments after the crash that he had been driving at 190 km per hour (118mph) in a zone restricted to 80km per hour (50mph).
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| Francisco Jose Garzon Amo led away from the scene by two men after the accident |
Francisco Jose Garzon de Amo, 52, escaped from the wreckage of the country's worst rail disaster in almost 70 years with only light injuries and is now under police guard in his hospital bed.
Pictures on Friday showed the moment he was led away from the scene - past the bodies of the dead and wounded - by rescue workers. As he realised the enormity of the crash, he is alleged to have said: "I f***** it up. I want to die."
Mr Garzon was formally placed under arrest on Thursday evening "on suspicion of a criminal act linked to responsibility for the accident."
In recorded transcripts of calls from the train cab to rail officials, he admitted in the moments after the crash that he had been driving at 190 km per hour (118mph) in a zone restricted to 80km per hour (50mph).
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| Information retrieved from the black box recorder confirmed that the train had indeed been travelling at 190 km per hour, when it entered the curve |
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