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
Entered the not guilty pleas for him in court on his behalf with him sitting there in the courtroom today. Three on not guilty pleas on charges of arson and one for allegedly being a felon in possession of a firearm. 54yearold coy from Boulder Creek is accused of starting that fire two weeks ago that threatened hundreds of homes and destroyed two of them. Also damaging six more, as you said. Coy was already in jail accused of looting homes in the burned area when investigators linked him to the fire that caused an estimated 7 million in damage. Lets be honest, he lit a fire that caused an evacuation and burned 300plus acres. Thats not something that happens every day in this county. And its arson. Its not an accident. And the message should be that we are going to come after you if you do those sort of things in this county with all the resources that we have and were going do do everything we can to hold you accountable. Reporter prosecutors say multiple witnesses saw coy start the fi
Sunrise time 6 46. So it is still 27 degrees in pottstown this morning. Bundle up in lancaster, below freezing at 30. Thirtyfive in wilmington, and 38 degrees in Atlantic City, mostly sunny skies, 48 by lunchtime, High Temperature of 52 degrees today. We will get that you seven day forecast, coming up. Hey, sue, good morning, everybody, 7 01, we have a combination every sunday glare and double accident on the schuylkill expressway. About an hour right now, to make it westbound, out of town on the schuylkill, from center city all the way out to the blue route, all balls after accident thats west at belmont avenue. Here is a live look, there is the manayunk railroad bridge in the background, delay leaving town because of the accident. And we have got sun glare coming inbound, plus another accident on the inbound schuylkill expressway, right near gladwynn. So pretty much were jammo from ends to ends, center city to kop. On the schuylkill expressway, avoid it if you consideration i know je
Now the search for who did it. Now fox 29 news at ten. Right now its about 3 00 a. M. In manchester, england and news is still breaking arena packed with teenagers and kids enjoying Ariana Grande and then sheer terror with a deadly explosion. Right now, frantic parents and others are trying to track down people who were at the concert. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Early reports suggest a nail bomb went off designed to inn plick maximum terror and fatalities. This is what we know right now. It happened around 10 30 manchester time. 19 people have died. At least 50 are injured. Authorities are saying the explosion happened outside at recent in a near the box office. Spokesperson for singer Ariana Grande confirms shes not injured. No group has stepped forward claiming responsibility at this point. But reports indicate a suicide bombing with nails involved. In the crowd an estimated 20,000 people. So many children there. Second device, well, Authorities Say they found one ne
Supply this weekend. Hot air supply. Especially in pleasanton. Not just the far east bay. Its much of the bay area. Folks living in the inner bay area will be warm as well. Its really as steve was talking about. Just the folks directly on the coast who might feel some Cool Temperatures this weekend. Inland temperatures expected to hit triple digits this weekend. Some spots could be about 20 degrees above normal. We have ktvus christian captain braving the warm temperatures at this point. Theyre warm at this point. In walnut creek. And youre talking to people about their plans for this weekend. The best ways to beat the heat. And ways to beat the heat, hey, guys, im wondering if we can get steve to hit the pause button right now. I think 72. We can agree that 71 should be fine. We could all do 71. 71 is nice. Keep in mind, that would have been a High Temperature last weekend. Now this is just sort of the beginning point. The jumping off point for this weekend. You can bet guys, triple d