To accelerate his train to 106. Reporter the board, one year and within week after the crash that killed eight and injured 186, found bostian had likely been distract, listening to reports on his train radio from the engineer of a septa train, struck by rocks on a adjoining track. He went in a matter of seconds from distracted to disaster. Reporter board also found that amtraks failure to install positive train control, a safety device that would have automatically stopped this speeding train played a contributory role in the deadly crash. We know that the lack of ptc was one reason that these eight people lost their lives and dozens more have have life changing injuries. We immediately said we were responsible. We took responsibility. We know that there is pain and suffering. We understand that. Reporter finally the ntsb made 11 new safety recommendations including safety improvements to amtrak Passenger Cars, on which, several windows, popped out during the wreck resulting in passeng
And sticker shock for homeowners. Some could see their property taxes soar by as much as 25,000. Whats causing the increase and who has to pay . Those stories and more are straight ahead but we begin with a new wave of conduction lawsuits this time against College Football. Good evening everyone im jessica dean. Im ukee washington. Former penn state players among those taking legal action. Its new at 11 00 even witness News Reporter trang do is in Satellite Center with details of the lawsuit. Trang. Ukee these lawsuits could eventually include dozens of schools and tens of thousands of College Football players. In january, federal judge ruled in related head Injury Settlement against the inform caa formers players could pursue perm injury claims as part of a class action lawsuit. That ruling opened the doors to the suits filed today. This is a serious epidemic. These individuals need real help and they need real compensation and they need it now. Reporter Chicago Law Firm he had den so
In january, federal judge ruled in related head Injury Settlement against the inform caa formers players could pursue perm injury claims as part of a class action lawsuit. That ruling opened the doors to the suits filed today. This is a serious epidemic. These individuals need real help and they need real compensation and they need it now. Reporter Chicago Law Firm he had den sol pc filed six suits in feather recall court on behalf of he can College Football players. Their schools, the athletic conferences and ncaa hit the dangers and risks of playing football and didnt do enough to protect students. Beyond that, not that they just didnt take care of them, they frankly cut them loose abandoned them. And that is something that, um shocks not be taken lightly. Reporter penn state and the big 10 are named as defendants in one of the lawsuits. The plaintiffs are three former players but if allowed to proceed as class act the suit could include decades of penn state Football Players from 19
While in delaware, its 54 degrees. Throughout the night tonight, mostly cloudy in pennsylvania, as you see, and Lehigh Valley, just cloudy, and we see rain in new jersey, and jersey shore, and parts of delaware. Theres a lot more rain in the rest of the forecast. Thats coming up in a few minutes. All right, glen. Now to the Lehigh Valley where a substitute teacher is charged with having sex with a student in the middle of the cemetery. Investigators say a Police Officer actually caught them in the act in the Eastern Cemetery in North Hampton county earlier this month. Randy gyllenhaal has more on why the owner says its part of a larger problem. Reporter well, police on patrol found the 49yearold teacher having sex with a 17yearold student in the middle of the afternoon in a place thats meant for respect and remembrance. Buried beneath the headstones is two centuries of local history. We have a signer of the declaration of independence here. Reporter its supposed to be a quiet place for
You to go someplace. They have not said the name of the homeowner or what charges they plan to file in this case. Also, here at 4 00, we are following new developments in the investigation into the deadly amtrak Train Derailment that happened in port richmond. Action news reporter, john rawlins was at todays hearing. He joins us from washington, d. C. Reporter let me start with a question here. You ever driven down a dark road at night and have you something on your mind that is important and all of a sudden you realized you missed your turned its a loss situational situation. That is what investigators think happened to the engineer on the night of the crash. That was the best conclusion we could come to as to why he was trying to accelerate. After excluding drugs and alcohol or trying to use a cell phone. They believe that engineer, Brandon Bostian lost his situation ala wearness. He was involved in radio chatter up the track reporting damage from thrown rocks, the orange line on thi