Spain train crash: train 'at twice speed limit" before horror crash that killed 80 But in the moments after the crash, one of the drivers made a panicked call to rail officials admitting the train had been travelling at more than double that. I was going at 190 (km/h - 118mph)! I hope no one died because it will weigh on my conscience," the train driver is reported to have said. We're only human! It was not immediately clear which of the two drivers, both of whom escaped with light injuries, made the confession because they did not identify themselves to officials from Renfe, the state-owned railway firm that operated the service. The train was reportedly running three minutes late when it careered off the tracks. In Spain passengers are entitled to a reimbursement of 25 per cent of their ticket for delays of more than 20 minutes. Dramatic CCTV video emerged yesterday of the moment at 8.40pm on Wednesday evening when the train hurtled round a bend and suddenly jumped the tracks, sending carriages flying through the air and leaving a scene that some witnesses described as being "like Hell." The footage showed the carriages tipping over and smashing into a concrete wall in the cutting beneath motorway bridges. "It was like a huge bomb had gone off or an earthquake - the furniture in my house shook," one resident told local television. Rescuers fought for hours to release survivors and collect the dead trapped within the twisted wreckage. Rescue workers pull victims from a train crash (Reuters) Corpses were lined up on the ground next to the wreckage and covered with blankets. Photographs captured shocking scenes of the walking wounded emerging dazed from the accident. Authorities said that 80 of 218 passengers were confirmed to have died in the accident including a baby. A further 90 remain in hospital - with 36 people, including four children described as being in "a critical condition" in intensive care. A British citizen and five Americans were reported to be among the wounded. Witnesses described the scene of the accident as "like a living hell" and Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, the president of the region said the disaster zone was "Dante-esque." Jaime Tizon, a firefighter who was one of the first to arrive at the scene, said: "I'm coming from Hell. I couldn't tell you if it was the engine on fire or one of the carriages or what. Yesterday the bodies were transferred to a makeshift morgue at a municipal building on the outskirts of the city. Hundreds of relatives gathered there to begin the process of identifying the dead. Some of the bodies were described as "disfigured beyond recognition" and authorities said DNA testing would be required to identify them. Investigators hope to determine whether human error or a signalling error was to blame for the disaster. "The tragedy seems to be linked to excessive speed but we are still waiting on the judicial investigation and the one carried out by a commission from our own ministry," said Rafael Catala, the transport minister.