Everyone wanting to know why that train accelerated so quickly just before it hit the curve. The lawyer for amtrak engineer bostian says investigators hope they can fill in the blanks to what happened. Why did the train speed up so rapidly before going into the curve . And why did bostian deploy the emergency brakes when he did . Sources tell me he gave blood and urine for testing and thats standard. And the District Attorneys Office wants to search through his cell phone records. His attorney has publicly claimed the cell phone was off as amtrak requires. Sources tell me the ntsb is also looking at internet posts that bostian rote v wrote, talking about rail safety. I did ask the ntsb about additional video, perhaps from on board the train. They tell us they are in the process of looking at all Surveillance Video from around the area trying to figure out why this train derailed killing eight people. Again, that briefing set to come up in less than a half hour and we will bring it to y
Investigation and by federal law, transportation workers safety sensitive transportation workers are required by law to undergo post accident drug and alcohol testing. And and um, and that was conducted in accordance with the federal law. It does take time for that tox testing to come back. Now the second part of your question was there a dead man youve been listen toll ntsb talk about what theyve gotten so far. Theyve actually done a lot. Yes they have. Engineer has agreed to be interviewed by the ntsb in the next few days also interview some witnesses. They have good video up to the derailment and they have have been able to create a timeline for speed is still an issue. Very interesting. Also they said the brakes were working just fine as the train left 30th street station. Signals in the area working just fine. The tracks and the curve had no anomalies meaning they were just fine. Weve been listening to the nfsb. Good evening to you. Welcome to our 6 00 oclock news. Im lucy noland.