Driver detained for recklessness

Spanish police yesterday said they have detained the driver of a speeding train that crashed in the nation's deadliest rail disaster in decades, accusing him of criminal recklessness.
The country was in mourning over Wednesday's horrific tragedy, which police said had killed 78 people including several foreigners and injured more than 100.
The 52-year-old driver faces criminal accusations including "recklessness" over the crash near the pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela, said Jaime Iglesias, police chief in the northwestern Galicia region.
The train was said to have been travelling at more than twice the speed limit when it hurtled off the rails.
The grey-haired driver, who reportedly boasted of his love for speed online, was detained Thursday in hospital where he had been under police surveillance, Iglesias told a news conference.