Subway train speeding before crash killed 41

A VALENCIA subway train was travelling at twice the normal speed when it derailed, killing 41 people, a Spanish government official said today.

Subway train speeding before crash killed 41
Wed, 05 Jul, 2006 - 01:00

A VALENCIA subway train was travelling at twice the normal speed when it derailed, killing 41 people, a Spanish government official said today.

The excessive speed has led officials to think the driver had either fainted or become otherwise indisposed prior to the accident yesterday, said the Valencia regional transport minister, Jose Ramon Garcia Anton.

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