Mr Iglesias said that Garzon Amo would be questioned "as a suspect for a crime linked to the cause of the accident". He says the driver is being guarded by police and cannot yet testify because of his medical condition. He did not have details of the medical condition but said it could delay the driver's statement.
According to Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the driver said 'I f****d up' and claimed 'I want to die' in conversations after the incident that have since been transcribed. A judicial commission will also hear the recordings of two black boxes aboard the wrecked train, the paper reports.
The announcement came as investigators focused on the key question of why the train was going so fast. Scores were also injured as the train derailed two miles south of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, north-west Spain, with 218 passengers and five crew members on board. The death toll had been reported as rising to 80 but has since been revised down.
Investigators are looking into possible failings by the 52-year-old driver and the train's in-built speed-regulation systems. Experts said one, or both, must be at fault for Spain's deadliest rail disaster in decades.
A second probe launched into the catastrophe will look at the train's in-built speed regulation systems. Early indications suggest the train reached 118mph - more than twice the 50mph speed limit - when it crashed while heading into a curve.
Mr Garzon Amo is believed to have taken control of the train from a second driver about 65 miles south of Santiago de Compostela. According to reports, one of the drivers made a desperate call to Renfe ahead of the bend, saying: "I'm going at 190kmh, I'm going to derail." Meanwhile, more than 30 people including four children remain in a critical condition, according to reports.
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