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
106 Miles Per Hour entering its sometimes dangerous frankford curve on the night of may 12t 12th, 2015. The train derailed killing eight people and injuring more than one hi 50 others. Amtrak paid out more than a quarter billion dollars in civil judgments. But the Philadelphia 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 making the case. But it was never a slam dunk. Federal crash investigators ruled bostian was neither high nor drunk nor playing with his mobile phone at the time of the crash. They believe he may have been distracted by reports of vandals throwing rocks at septa trains nearby. I brought this map back from the federal crash report in washington in may have last year. Bostian at the train going 106 in a 50 miles an hour zone. Approaching that curve. But if he thought he was farther along the tracks, i dont know the curve as
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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
, going to be a busy day in the weather department. It is, but at least quiet here at home, definately tracking Hurricane Nate, thats going to be something were watching through the weekend. Then we will actually be dealing with some of the remnants of nate, as you head into your monday. In fact, monday looking like rather wet day. Lets take a live look at the city from palmyra cove nature park. Current temperatures there right around 66 degrees 68 degrees in philadelphia, temperatures millville, 67, down the shore, both wildwood, as well as atlantic city, 64 allentown, cool spot on the map, thats mount pocono check ing in right around 06 degrees this morning. So, heres what you can expect from the shore to the poconos today. Talking 86 degrees in philadelphia, it is going to be feeling like summertime out there with a mix of sun and clouds, and unseasonably warm, average high right around 70. Looking for high around 78, down the shore, 75 in the poconos. Here is the latest look at wha