Spanish train crash driver 'can't explain' his speed to judge

The driver of the train that derailed in north-western Spain, killing 79 people, has said he was travelling at twice the speed limit when he approached a treacherous bend.

But, sitting uneasily before a judge, he waved his hands in front of his face and was at a loss to explain why he did not slow down in a courtroom video released by a Spanish newspaper yesterday.

“I can’t explain it,” Francisco Jose Garzon Amo said, shifting in his chair and looking around. “I still don’t understand how I didn’t see... mentally, or whatever. I just don’t know.”