The charges include causing a catastrophe, involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment. Eight people died and more than 200 people were injured when the train rounded a curve at more than twice the speed limit and derailed.
PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia judge will let a jury weigh criminal charges against an Amtrak engineer charged in a deadly 2015 derailment - although she expressed skepticism that the trial evidence this past week supports the charges.
Eight people died and more than 200 people were injured when the train rounded a curve at more than twice the speed limit and derailed.In court Thursday, Common Pleas Court Judge Barbara McDermott said she was reserving judgment on whether or not the evidence was sufficient to prove the crimes charged. The city's district attorney had declined to charge Bostian, but the state Attorney General's Office stepped in after the victims' families had pressed for charges.
McDermott said she may review the sufficiency of the evidence again after the jury verdict. The jury was set to hear closing arguments Thursday afternoon. Bostian told federal investigators that he was concerned for that driver's safety because an engineer friend had lost an eye from similar rock-throwing.He said he recalled being only"slightly concerned about his own safety. Investigators say there is no evidence he was impaired or using his cellphone at the time.
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