medical director. we know this hospital had the most patients come in 54 total. as of this morning, we know 22 remain hospitalized and one was released earlier this morning, but as of this morning, they say there is eight still here at the hospital carol, in critical condition. sunlen, thank you so much. are families getting enough help for the search for loved ones? we will have that answer for you. the attorney for the engineer driving the train, he said no drinking and no drugs and no memory of what happened in the decisive and deadly moments. and erin has more. reporter: why was the train traveling at more than twice the speed limit? the man that could potentially answer that question says
would have been breaking automatically prior to the turn but amtrak has a partial legacy system in place throughout along the northeast corridor and it was not in place at all in this section, so there was no way to stop the train until the engineer did it by himself. on the other hand and i am sure this engineer had driven this route many many times before right? he should have known that curve was there. why didn t he? that s going to be the topic of this investigation in part. they want to know what was going on in the cabin leading up to this? that s one of the arguments for cameras facing into the cab of rail engines, so you have a picture of what the engineer is doing in the moments preceding an accident or incident.
reduce speed thereafter he was knocked out and thrown around like all the other passengers in that train. reporter: his lawyer robert goggin bostain provided a blood sample and authorities are trying to get a warrant to look at his phone records thinking he could have been distracted at the time of the crash, and goggin says his client was not taking medication and no explanation for why this might have happened. eric mclaughlin, thank you so much. let s talk more about this with peter goels. the ntsb says it could be true that he doesn t remember anything. what do you think? it could be true. clearly he is in a terribly
difficult position from a legal standpoint, and he has attorney representation and the ntsb will want to talk with him today to see what he remembers and what he was doing, and he will check the record was he using his cell phone prior? what was his health condition? more importantly, what was his schedule the last three or four days to see if he was possibly fatigued. he will look at all the potential human factors that could have contributed to this error. the train apparently was going 106 miles per hour as it approached the curve in the tracks and the engineer supposedly hit the emergency breaks and that slowed the train to 102 miles per hour and is there a warning system onboard the train? there is not. that s the discussion about positive train control that had a more advanced positive train control been in place, the train
train, he doesn t remember a thing but he has been released from the hospital, right? reporter: that s right, carol. authorities say they hope that bostain will be able to provide them with clues, and his lawyer says he doesn t remember everything that happened that fateful evening. take a look at what his lawyer had to say to abc s good morning america. he has no recollection of the events and i am told his memory is likely to return as the concussion symptoms subside. he spent six hours with the police and what did he tell them? everything he knew. cooperated fully. what does he know? what is the last thing he remembered? he remembers come into the curve. he remembers attempting to