The Huffington Post, 2 August 2013
The revelation Tuesday that the driver responsible for the train crash in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, last week was on the phone with the train's on-board ticket inspector in the moments before the accident has further added to growing concerns among regulators worldwide about the pernicious consequences of phone use while operating vehicles, trains and planes.
The crash was Spain's most deadly in decades, with 79 people killed and 66 still hospitalized with injuries. While the investigation into what happened is ongoing, early results show that the driver, Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, was on the phone as the train sped up to 121 mph before derailing. Investigators said Amo received three warnings to reduce his speed in the minutes leading up to the crash.
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