Right now at 11 00, close to finding a cure, the new hope for children with severe peanut allergies. A move to ban bump stops, president obama directing the Justice Department to take action against the devices. This as he prepares to meet with students and teachers about gun violence. First, a warm day turns into a warm night. February feels like may. And the record warmth isnt over. Good evening im jessica dean im Ukee Washington. Youll have another chance tomorrow. Kate bilo is outside on the sky deck and its hard to believe youre out there without a coat on that a february night. Its starting to get chilly but not cold enough that you need a winter coat. A light jacket should do the trick. As temperatures still in the low 60s, across much of the area. What we had today, temps were well above average, and we had new records across much of the area. Philadelphia set up a new record, 72. The previous record was 70. Tied the record in Atlantic City at 73. Mount pocono, 64 a new record
Was distracted when they were talking about damage to a train. That night near his location. The agency found the distraction increased the trains speed to 106 Miles Per Hour it entered the frankfurt curve. The speed limit there, 50 miles an hour. The ntsb says bostian lost situational awareness. A prosecutor for the office of the general called that finding, quote, junk science. Saying bostians job was to look out for the 200 on board the train and hes been trained to know the route and the area. In a hearing the defense picked apart prosecution arguments showing bostian himself was seriously hurt saying multiple times there was no evidence bostian intended to harm anyone in the crash. This was the first incident in an unblemished career. The defense showed photos of the backpack zipped up and contents. Later the judge saw the backpack had been dumped out and the tablet inside was missing. Its never been found. A prosecution witness was a passenger on board the train. She says bostian
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
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