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 was set to expire. Charging Brandon Bostian train 188 engineer with criminal negligence, charges that a Municipal Court judge now dismissed hes not going make statements may 12th, 2015, bostian suddenly propelled amtrak train 188 to 106 Miles Per Hour in a set of cu
Hour over a curve. Eight people are killed. The engineer Brendan Bostian is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Today the judge ruled there wasnt enough evidence to send bostian to trial. He dismissed all charges. Said bostians lawyer, today there was justice. Tuesday night the big story is the dropping of all charges in the case of the deadly amtrak train derailment. Live outside the Justice Center is dann cuellar. You have the full story. Thats right, jim. It was a that took many by surprise except Brendan Bostians lawyers. From the beginning they have maintained his innocence in this tragedy. Everyone came to the same conclusion. This was not a crime. Bostian was at the controls of amtrak 288 when it crashed may 18. The commonwealth called First Responders and a rail expert to testify that bostian was criminally negative. The defense passed back citing finding about a wrong attack, its possible he mistakenly accelerated to a curve of 156 Miles Per Hour in a 56 Miles Per Hour zone
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. May 12th, 2015, an amtrak train derails in philadelphia, after it speeds up 150 Miles Per Hour over a curve. Eight people are killed. The engineer Brendan Bostian is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Today the judge ruled there wasnt enough evidence to send bostian to trial. He dismissed all charges. Said bostians lawyer, today there was justice. Tuesday night the big story is the dropping of all charges in the case of the deadly amtrak train derailment. Live outside the Justice Center is dann cuellar. You have the full story. Thats right, jim. It was a ruling that took many by surprise except Brendan Bostians lawyers. From the beginning they have maintained his innocence in this tragedy. Everyone came to the same conclusion. This was not a crime. Bostian was at the controls of amtrak 288 when it crashed may 18. The commonwealth called First Responders and a rail expert to testify that bostian was criminally nega
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Student at Lafayette College. The 19yearold lacrosse recruit was found dead in his dorm room in the lehigh valley. Friends are left looking for answers. Nbc10s matt delucia joins us live in the digital operations center. An autopsy is being performed today . Reporter right. And Lafayette College still just getting into the fall semester, now dealing with the grief and loss of one of its new students. Last night, a large crowd of students there gathered in front of the Student Center on the quad to remember 19yearold Mccray Williams, a freshman lacrosse recruit. He had also been a standout athlete at a boarding school in the boston area. The headmaster of the school in the letter to students said williams died after suffering a severe head injury in a fall. The lehigh coroner found no signs of obvious injury and said williams did not have suicidal tendencies or any known health problems. Right now the college is cooperating with investigators. Clollege campus this time of year is full o