Spain20130727SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA/GALICIA: Spanish police were waiting on Friday to question one of the drivers of a train that derailed, killing at least 80 passengers, amid media reports it was travelling at twice the speed limit.

The driver, lightly injured, “would be questioned by police in hospital where he has been placed under surveillance,” the High Court in Galicia said in a statement on Thursday.

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