Already escaped. And he died. Katy zachry spoke with a neighbor who tried to save him. He was looking for his wife and calling for her. She said, babe, im out here on the roof he was screaming for her. They drove down west 37th street at the right time. As he passed by this house late monday night, he saw flames. He pulled over as the homeowner was trying to put out the fire himself. He says the man is well known on this block and has lived here for years. He was running in and out of his home looking for his wife. The victims son tells us he didnt realize his wife had walked on to the first floor roof and was looking for a way to jump down. So he ran around the side of the house to get a hose, came back in to try to find her, but shes outside yelling his name the whole time. He didnt know. He did what any husband should do. He went in there to troy to find her. He didnt make it out. Reporter the tims son says his 5yearold niece lives at this house and she happened to be staying somewh
Unrestrained. Five officers face internal disciplinary trials set to begin next month. We learn nor about a College Student and promising athlete found dead outside of his college dormitory. Walter perez is live with the investigation. Reporter an autopsy is scheduled tomorrow and toxicology tests are pending still a lot of questions surrounding the death of a promising student athlete. Funeral arrangements are made for 19yearold Mccray Williams a talented lacrosse player playing for lafayette college. We lost a player at lafayette but the facts are not out yet. But that williams death was the end of a chain of events that ended with a medical emergency. They were called to the dormitory where they found williams unconscious and pronounced dead three hours later at Lehigh Valley hospital with his parents nearby. They released a statement. Losing a student is a heart breaking start to the year and that the support of the community will be help to all during this very sad time. We spoke
Trial react. The charges that were brought should not have been brought. And a good judge made sure that justice was done. Bostian was at the controls of amtrak 188 when it crashed in 2015. Blair berman had a few words using his cell phone to call family and the state called First Responders and a rail expert the contention was that the defense was negligent and pushing back findings that after being distracted by a rock attack on the nearby septa train it was possible that bostian lost situational awareness. But the judge says it was more likely an accident than a crime. Brandon bostian is a good man and his heart breaks for the loss of life in this case and the tragedy that occurred but he is innocent. Tom klein that represents many of the victims upset by the dismissal saying that eight people are dead. One man is aquadriplegic and others have life disabled injuries all because of what was done by one man, brandon box. Patrick murphy was on the train. The judge said it was an absolu
Difference between negligence and a crime. Big difference between an accident and a crime. Reporter bostian had accelerated amtrak train 188 to 106 Miles Per Hour as he entered the frankford curve on the night of may 12th, 2015. The train derailed killing eight people and injuring more than a hundred 50 others. Amtrak paid out big bucks in civil judgments but the philly District Attorneys Office declined to file criminal charges. Citing a lack of evidence. Legal maneuvering by attorneys representing the family of a crash victim led to the state attorney general filing charges. But the case was challenging from the start. Federal crash investigators ruled bostian was not drunk or high or playing with his mobile phone at the time of the crash. They believe he may have have been distracted by reports of vandals throwing rocks at septa trains nearby. Look closely at this map from the ntsb hearings in may have last year. Bostian had the train going 106 in a 50 miles an hour zone approaching
Now at 11 00. Reinventing retailer, a Major Department store trying a new look without clothes. New twist on shopping and what you will find inside instead. Celebrities left hand hand in the after manual of Hurricane Irma and harvey. This as we begin get a better pictures over the devastation. Tragic but not criminal. Why a judge threw out case of the engineer behind the deadly amtrak derailment. The decision caught many victims off guard. Im it was more likely than not an is accident. Alexandria hoff is at 30th street station tonight with reaction to the judges decision. Alex . Reporter well, ukee, on the stand a Philadelphia Police officer described that amtrak crash scene as train cars crushed like tin cans and body parts strewn across the wreckage. Gruesome and devastating, of course, criminal, no. According to a judge. It was a case dismissed by the Philadelphia District Attorneys Office then picked up by the Pennsylvania Attorney general hours before the statute of limitations wa