The Santiago de Compostela derailment happened when a high-speed Alvia train from Madrid to Ferrol left the track on a sharp curve near the city of Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, on the eve of the city's feast of St James. The train was traveling at roughly double the speed limit for the curve, and the carriages were thrown off the rails and into a concrete wall. Seventy-nine people died, and dozens more were injured, making it the deadliest rail accident in Spain in decades. The driver, Francisco Garzón, was charged with reckless homicide, and investigators also criticized the lack of automatic speed control on that stretch of line. A trial and a long debate about rail safety followed.
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