King Juan Carlos has said all Spanish
people feel the pain of the families of the 80 people killed in a high-speed
train crash in north-western Spain.
The king was speaking on a visit to the dozens of hospitalised survivors in
Santiago de Compostela, near to where the train derailed on Wednesday night.
PM Mariano Rajoy, who hails from the city of the crash, declared three days
of official mourning on Thursday.
One of the train drivers is under formal investigation, officials say.
The driver, named by Spanish media as Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, was lightly
injured and will be questioned by police in hospital, the Galicia Supreme Court
said in a statement.
Spain's national train operator Renfe said it was too early to say what
caused the train to derail. However, survivor accounts and media reports suggest
the train was travelling at excessive speed as it hit a curve in the track .
Footage captured by a security camera shows the train crashing as it hurtled
round a bend.
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