Transportation
The Spanish Train Crash Now Looks Like the World's Worst Case of Distracted Driving
Turns out the train operator was on the phone.
The black box recovered from the deadly high-speed rail crash in Spain last week reveals a couple of horribly familiar details from the last moments before the train dramatically derailed: Turns out the driver was on the phone at the time, trying to get what may have been directions from a rail operator, and it sounded as if he was rustling with maps in the background.
From a statement by the court that is now investigating the accident: