The judge investigating the train crash that killed 79 people last July is expanding the preliminary charges to include numerous top officials of the state railway infrastructure company , Adif , for alleged negligence , a Tuesday court order shows . Preliminary charges in the Spain train crash will now include top railway officials . Judge Luis Alaez Legeren is adding the charges because the train lacked a safety system . The judge said that the train's engineer had not been able to stop it before hitting an object on its side, and he added that there was no emergency braking system. The crash took the lives of 79 people and injured some 170 .
Preliminary charges in the Spain train crash will now include top railway officials . Judge Luis Alaez Legeren is adding the charges because the train lacked a safety system . The judge said that the train's engineer had not been able to stop it before hitting an object on its side, and he added that there was no emergency braking system. The crash took the lives of 79 people and injured some 170 .