Spanish High Speed Train Crash Wednesday July 24,2013

A train derailment near the northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela killed at least 77 people, on Wednesday July 24,2013 the highest death toll in a rail incident since the 2004 Madrid Bombing

The train carrying 218 passengers on the Madrid-to-Ferrol route derailed at 8:41 p.m. local time all 13 cars derailed on a curve about 3kms from the Santiago de Compostela station -state-owned rail company Renfe said

The train was traveling at 220km (140 miles) an hour, while the speed limit was 80 kms per hour

Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, the driver of the train which derailed killing at least 80 people in Spain, and a speedometer reading he previously posted on Facebook boasting about the speeds he reached

Photos and video footage of the scene showed several carriages off the tracks and lying on their side, with rescue workers attending to survivors of Spain’s deadliest train incident since bombs set off at Madrid’s Atocha station killed 191 people in 2004