Spain Train Crash Death Toll Reaches 80, Driver Faces Probe

At least 80 people have died after all eight carriages of a train, which was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, came off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Photo by EPA/BGNES

One of the drivers of the train that crashed in Spain, killing at least 80 people, was put under formal investigation Thursday after security video showed it derailed after speeding around a tight curve.

Dozens of people were hurt, 32 seriously, in the incident, according to the BBC.

Spain will hold three days of mourning over the crash, one of its worst.

The train carrying 218 passengers crashed and broke up a couple of miles from the station in the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela, with some cars overturning and one being tossed up on a 15-foot embankment.

The Madrid to Ferrol train's data recording "black box" is now with the judge in charge of the investigation.

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