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Spanish royals to attend Mass for train dead

Police carry arrested train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, centre, partly seen in the back seat, to testify in court in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sunday July 28, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 79 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 79 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s royal family and leading politicians are to attend a Mass in the Catholic pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela in homage to the 79 people killed in the country’s worst rail accident in decades.

Police carry arrested train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, centre, partly seen in the back seat, to testify in court in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sunday July 28, 2013. Spain’s interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 79 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 79 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)

The Mass is taking place Monday, a day after the train’s driver, Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, was charged with multiple counts of negligent homicide.

Judge Luis Alaez released Francisco Jose Garzon Amo without bail late Sunday but ordered him to appear before court once a week and not to leave Spain.

Garzon was driven from the court in a police car to an unknown location.

Garzon was driving the train carrying 218 passengers that hurtled off the tracks Wednesday while apparently travelling well over the 80-kph (50-mph) speed limit.

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