Transportation safety board said the train had been accelerating for about a minute before it reached 106mph, more than twice the speed limit and derailed on a curve. Kris van cleave in philadelphia begins our coverage. Reporter with repair efforts under way amtraks president and c. E. O. , joseph boardman, took us to the tracks near the crash site. When you got the news the train was going that fast when it hit this curve sir what went through your mind . Its kind of a sickening feeling. There was a heartbreaking situation when you looked at the video that you saw out here. We certainly were concerned for our customers our crew. It was a very difficult time. Report the trains engineer, Brandon Bostian remains at the center of the investigation. The engine he was operating is believed to have rolled over numerous times after it derailed while navigating a sharp curve at more than two times the speed limit. The National Transportation safety boards Robert Sumwalt today said bostian has
Warning the engineer derailed amtrak train 188 issued before that deadly crash. Good evening to you. Im jessica dean. Im chris may. Heres the latest at 11 00 oclock tonight. Amtrak announced its service between philadelphia and new york will remain suspended at least through monday. Now that word came after investigators with the ntsb revealed that train 88 188 was accelerating approached the turn where it crashed. Eight people are now confirmed dead. All of them have been identified identified. And all passengers have now been accounted for. But six are still in Critical Condition at temple hospital. And new tonight were learning about a safety warning issued by the engineer who was at the controls of that train when it crashed. We have team three coverage tonight of all aspects of this still developing story. Well begin in Port Richmond with david spunt live at the scene of the crash. David . Reporter chris t behind me are now under amtrak control. Ntsb released them earlier when we
Approached the turn where it crashed. Eight people are now confirmed dead. All of them have been identified identified. And all passengers have now been accounted for. But six are still in Critical Condition at temple hospital. And new tonight were learning about a safety warning issued by the engineer who was at the controls of that train when it crashed. We have team three coverage tonight of all aspects of this still developing story. Well begin in Port Richmond with david spunt live at the scene of the crash. David . Reporter chris tracks behind me are now under amtrak control. Ntsb released them earlier when we heard earlier this week the train was going at 106 miles an hour many were in shock. Now were learning what led up to the moments of that large speed change. The result catastrophic. Investigators continued to work around the clock to piece together an explanation of why the train was clocked at 106 Miles Per Hour. We will be looking at acceleration and these are just the f
Campbells field camera, ben franklin bridge, all lit up, no problems seeing any of the light out there. We do still have obviously hour and change or so until sun comes up. We should have pretty pleasant one. Looks on storm scan3 cloudy start it the day pretty high clouds, though we will see sun filter through this as the day goes on, probably also see break in the cloud cover around really will end up being a nice one for you. Temperatures meanwhile yes still off to bit of cool start. Weve lost the wind, and definitely in the midst of some quiet weather for now. High pressure hangs on for one final day. 49 degrees the temperature in reading, again low mid 50s from i95 on south and east. Around the region we go with the sunlight, certainly warmer air starting to get funneled in, see the temperatures climb up bit more readily. Sun and clouds today in philly hitting 75 degrees, and generally similar theme for you both at the shore and up in the poconos today looks pretty good, vittoria,
Brass done boston, his Attorney Says he has no recommendation of the crash he had not been using his cell phone, drinking or using drugs. A friend of bostian, who spoke to him after the crash; also coming to his defense. He was never one to do drugs. There has got to be Something Else going on that nobody knows about yet. Meantime amtrak released this statement saying in part we truly have heavy heart we mourn those who died. Their lost leaves holes in the lives of their families, community, amtrak takes full responsibility, and deeply apologizes for our role in this tragic event. And coming up inf hour, we will look at social media posts, who apparently came from this engineer, dating back couple of years ago, many of them, criticize the railroad industry, and the lack of safeguards, when it comes to human error as we have that coming up. And also well hear more from this friend. For now reporting live in port richmond, jan carabeo cbs3, Eyewitness News. Jan, thank up. Meanwhile, that