Derailed Train Was Speeding

SPAIN

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 9:53AM EDT / Published Jul. 25, 2013 7:36AM EDT

Oscar Corral/EPA, via Landov

Spain's transportation secretary said Thursday that a passenger train that derailed Wednesday was traveling too fast, giving credence to media reports that suggested it might have been moving at as much as twice the speed limit around a curve. The derailment, one of the worst in Spanish history, left 78 people dead and 140 injured. The train was arriving at Santiago de Compostela, ahead of a major Christian festival in the religious city. Passenger cars were toppled on their sides, and one was torn open.

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Derailed Train Was Speeding

Oscar Corral/EPA, via Landov