The train driver is charged with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness . As they are identified , most of the bodies are being returned to their families , the regional justice department said . A passenger on the train, who was not identified, told police that he saw a man in his 20s get off at the station and walk to an area where there were no other people walking. A court grants him conditional release ; the driver must report weekly . At least 79 people died in the train crash near Santiago de Compostela in Galicia .
The train driver is charged with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness . A passenger on the train, who was not identified, told police that he saw a man in his 20s get off at the station and walk to an area where there were no other people walking. A court grants him conditional release ; the driver must report weekly . At least 79 people died in the train crash near Santiago de Compostela in Galicia .