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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Daniel SILVA

HISTORICAL FACTS: Spain train driver jailed for 2 5 years over deadly 2013 crash - Caught on Camera

The train hurtled into a concrete wall near Santiago de Compostela (Credit: AFP)

A Spanish court on Friday sentenced a train driver and a safety director to two-and-a-half years in prison over a 2013 crash that was the nation's deadliest rail disaster in nearly eight decades.

The eight-carriage train was travelling more than twice the speed limit when it derailed outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela, killing dozens of people.

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