"PC" NTSB: Gay Amtrak engineer's phone use before deadly crash still a mystery

[Larry]

They are looking for any excuse they can to avoid charging this
queer with murder as he should have been already.

PHILADELPHIA -- Federal investigators say they still don't know
if the engineer involved in a deadly Amtrak crash in
Philadelphia was on his cellphone before the speeding train
derailed.

The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report
released Tuesday says it also remains unclear if damage to the
windshield was caused by the wreck or an object thrown at the
train.

The NTSB has said engineer Brandon Bostian has been cooperative
but says he cannot recall the moments before the accident. Eight
passengers died and more than 200 were taken to hospitals.

The two-page preliminary report estimates damage from the May 12
crash at more than $9.2 million. It said there were no signs of
mechanical failure on the train.

The NTSB says the train entered the 50 mile-per-hour curve at
106 miles per hour. The report says Bostian braked seconds
before the wreck.

Bostian could face criminal charges if law enforcement finds he
was reckless or negligent when the train approached the curve at
106 mph, former prosecutors said.

Federal investigators said last month that Bostian used his
cellphone the day of the crash, but his lawyer has said it was
stowed away and turned off during the ill-fated trip to New
York. The lawyer said Bostian then retrieved it from the twisted
wreckage and used it to call 911.

Bostian had only been working on the Northeast Corridor for
fewer than three weeks prior to the crash. An NTSB spokesman
told CBS News said "it was two weeks, give or take a few days."

Lawyers suggest the charges under review would include reckless
endangerment, involuntary manslaughter, third-degree murder and
aggravated assault, especially if he were on his phone or
intentionally distracted.

Comments:

JOE NAVY-PEARLAND 7 hours ago
After talking w/ his law dog, he now can't remember anything....
How nice... Get his phone thru court and check it..duhhhh

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DAN-3022689 9 hours ago
The Engineer's lawyer told him to say: "I don't recall anything
before the crash." If this guy is so innocent, why does he have
a lawyer representing him??!!

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CONFUSED2BYU June 5, 2015 10:10AM
Why don't they just ask the NSA if he was on his phone or not?

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ARVIDROBERT June 5, 2015 6:6AM
Which shows that the railroad cannot even find Bostian's
timecards.

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SUE PEARLATIVE June 4, 2015 2:2PM
If they find out he was talking on the cell phone, then he
should be charged. If they don't, how can they charge him with
anything? No one knows what happened, including him. I mean, he
could have passed out for some reason. A cell phone call - if it
happened - would not explain why he was going 106 mph. The only
thing that would explain that is if he passed out, fell asleep,
or deliberately crashed the train. How can we know what
happened? You can't find someone guilty unless it's proven
beyond a reasonable doubt that they are guilty. Absent any
evidence at all, that standard isn't met.

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UNCLE_D_FLORIDA June 2, 2015 10:10AM
The guy was going about 100 miles an hour-what does itmatter if
he was using hsi phone-the wrkc was because of excessive speed!

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MNFATTS June 2, 2015 9:9AM
I'm thinking they have it, but aren't giving out the info.

He's probably going to be charged.

They would know by now if he was talking or texting.


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DAVIDHOFFMAN5 June 2, 2015 9:9AM
This is ridiculous. The cellular phone company can tell if a
voice call was being made during the time prior to or after the
incident. This should have been cleared up by now.

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