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This is the guy that apparently took the curve at 35+ MPH over the speed limit:
- Ntsb: Amtrak Assistant Conductor Heard Engineer Say Train Struck By “something”
AND THERE'S ALSO THIS: NBCNews video: Passenger on Amtrak Locomotive Says His Train Was Also Struck by Object A passenger traveling along the same route the night that Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia told NBC News that an object hit his...
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NY Times: Amtrak Train Possibly Hit Before Wreck PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring more than 200, may have been struck by an object before it careened off the tracks, an assistant conductor on the...
- Is The Amtrak Train Derailment An Incident Of Jihadist Terrorism?
An earlier comment from Anonymous here at IBA: Anonymous said... Revisit that thread on what appeared to be a bullet hole in the glass....related? If I were a conductor and experienced a bullet passing through the window near me, the threat of shots reaching...
- Train Travelling At Least 30 Miles Above The Speed Limit At Time It Derailed - Engineer Has Lawyer Present, Refuses To Talk To Police
From Yahoo: PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The engineer at the controls of an Amtrak train that hurtled off the tracks while rounding a sharp curve refused to talk to police Wednesday as the death toll climbed to seven with the discovery of another body in the...
- Philadelphia: Amtrak Train Entirely Derails, All Seven Cars, "twisted And Torn Like Tinfoil", One Reporter Declares It A "massive Crime Scene"
6 Dead, 146 Injured From CNN: "It is an absolute, disastrous mess," Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said of the crash site. "I've never seen anything like this in my life." Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 was traveling from Washington to New...
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Engineer of Derailed Train Identified - Brandon Bostian
This is the guy that apparently took the curve at 35+ MPH over the speed limit:
The engineer driving the Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday night has been identified as 32-year-old Brandon Bostian. The attorney for Bostian, a Queens, New York, resident, confirmed his identity to ABC News.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Bostian has worked at Amtrak for nearly nine years, the first half of which he spent as a passenger conductor before he became a passenger engineer in December 2010.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said today that the engineer suffered unspecified injuries and received medical care. Bostian initially spoke with investigators Tuesday night.
He was treated at a hospital and then released and transported to the Philadelphia Police Department.
He later declined to provide a formal statement to police and requested a lawyer, which he now has. What he told police or other investigators was not released.
- Ntsb: Amtrak Assistant Conductor Heard Engineer Say Train Struck By “something”
AND THERE'S ALSO THIS: NBCNews video: Passenger on Amtrak Locomotive Says His Train Was Also Struck by Object A passenger traveling along the same route the night that Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia told NBC News that an object hit his...
- Bloggers Aren't The Only Ones Asking...
NY Times: Amtrak Train Possibly Hit Before Wreck PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring more than 200, may have been struck by an object before it careened off the tracks, an assistant conductor on the...
- Is The Amtrak Train Derailment An Incident Of Jihadist Terrorism?
An earlier comment from Anonymous here at IBA: Anonymous said... Revisit that thread on what appeared to be a bullet hole in the glass....related? If I were a conductor and experienced a bullet passing through the window near me, the threat of shots reaching...
- Train Travelling At Least 30 Miles Above The Speed Limit At Time It Derailed - Engineer Has Lawyer Present, Refuses To Talk To Police
From Yahoo: PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The engineer at the controls of an Amtrak train that hurtled off the tracks while rounding a sharp curve refused to talk to police Wednesday as the death toll climbed to seven with the discovery of another body in the...
- Philadelphia: Amtrak Train Entirely Derails, All Seven Cars, "twisted And Torn Like Tinfoil", One Reporter Declares It A "massive Crime Scene"
6 Dead, 146 Injured From CNN: "It is an absolute, disastrous mess," Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said of the crash site. "I've never seen anything like this in my life." Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 was traveling from Washington to New...