Amtrak Engineer Charged In Deadly Philadelphia Crash
May 14th, 2017- “…..Bostian has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter among other offenses…
- National Transportation Safety Board investigators said the train was traveling at 105 miles (170 kilometers) an hour, twice the speed limit, when the driver slammed on the emergency brakes just before the crash.
- The NTSB said it found no evidence that Bostian was impaired or using a cellphone during the Washington-to-New York run……
- Amtrak has taken responsibility for the crash and agreed to pay $265 million to settle claims filed by victims and their families.
- The company has since installed positive train control systems in its trains, which automatically slow a speeding train.
- Train engineer Bostian told federal investigators that he had been listening to the radio and became distracted by a report about a train engineer who was sprayed with glass from a windshield that had been struck by an object……”
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