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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] [URL=http://www.wsj.com/articles/amtrak-engineer-wont-be-charged-in-deadly-philadelphia-crash-1494352984] Yesterday[/URL] Fair Use: [i][list] [*]PHILADELPHIA—The speeding Amtrak engineer involved in a derailment that killed eight people and injured about 200 others in Philadelphia won’t face criminal charges, the city district attorney’s office said Tuesday. Prosecutors said they can’t prove engineer Brandon Bostian acted with “conscious disregard” when he accelerated the train to 106 mph on a 50 mph curve. Federal investigators concluded that Mr. Bostian lost track of his location, or “situational awareness,” before the May 12, 2015, crash after learning that a nearby commuter train had been struck with a rock. They found no evidence he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol or distracted by a cellphone[/i] [/list] [URL=http://www.philly.com/philly/business/law/Judge-orders-DA-to-charge-Amtrak-engineer.html]Today[/URL] Fair Use: [i][list] [*]President Judge Marsha Neifield of Philadelphia Municipal Court ordered the city District Attorney’s Office on Thursday to reverse course and charge Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment. To avoid a potential conflict of interest, the District Attorney's Office responded that it would refer the prosecution to the state attorney general. Neifield issued the order following a request from lawyers for victims of the May 12, 2015, derailment of Amtrak Train 188 that the case be reopened. On Tuesday, the District Attorney's Office had said that, following a lengthy investigation, it had concluded there was insufficient evidence to bring charges[/i] [/list] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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