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The engineer talking to a septa engineer. she recalled that the septa engineer had reported to the train dispatcher that he had either been hit by a rock or shot at. and that the septa engineer said that he had a broken windshield and he placed his train into emergency stop. she also believed that she heard the engineer say something about -- she also believed that she heard her engineer say something about his train being struck by something. our investigation is not independently confirmed thi...

Today, with an assistant conductor who was working on the train and she apparently told investigators that she overheard a radio conversation between her engineer on her amtrak train and the engineer on a nearby septa train, a pennsylvania regional commuter train. there had been some media reports that a septa train nearby had had its windshield broken, just before the amtrak train dreidel. and that it had been described as an unrelated incident. had been described as an unrelated snnt dd incide...

Many impact from a projectile. >> the fbi specifically looking at the lower left side of that windshield of amtrak 188s destroyed windshield. specifically looking at a circular break that seems to be -- that could be the result of a flying object thrown or shot at the train moments before it crashed on tuesday night at about 9:21 p.m. ntsb investigators say an assistant conductor on board the train recalls hearing a radio conversation moments before the crash between the engineer and a nearby tr...

In the same area causing window damage. the engineer of the derailed amtrak train saying he still cannot remember anything in the minutes before the crash. brian yennous has more in philadelphia. >> reporter: hi julie. exactly right. the fbi had a presence here on the crash site from the very beginning but the ntsb asked them to analyze the lower left portion of the windfield for amtrak train 188, particularly a circular break that could have resulted from someone throwing or shooting something ...

Theres also questions about another incident tied to a nearby regional train, also reporting that it was hit by something close to the timing of the amtrak derailment. >> she recalled that the septa engineer had reported to the train dispatcher that he had either been hit by a rock or shot at. and the septa engineer said he had a broken windshield and placed his train into emergency stop. >> added to this a conductor on the doomed amtrak train telling investigators she thinks she actually heard ...

>> the train went by, no big deal. when the crash happened and it was coupled with the conductors explaining that that had been a derailment, at that point everyone was surprised and went for their cell phones, trying find out what was going on. >> reporter: before that septa train, there was a third train hit by an object. plaidson calvert was a pentagon on the 273 train and he says he heard and saw something hit the left passenger side of his car. >> i was working on my laptop, following up wi...

The tsarnaev families believe brothers tamerlan and dzhokhar were incident, set up in some type of con spiracconspiracy. but her family says shes not talking and will not talk. drew griffin, cnn, new jersey. back to the latest developments in the deadly amtrak train derailment in the u.s. city of philadelphia. an assistant said she heard brandon bostian say the train was struck by something just moments before it hit the track. another engineer reported something similar happening to his train...

Weve got breaking news tonight in the investigation of the deadly crash of amtrak train 188. after the ntsb interviewed the trains engineer and two assistant conductors the agency has sought assistance from the fbi. the lead investigator described the engineer 32-year-old brandon bostian, as being extremely cooperative with the investigation, but bostian does not remember the crash or anything that might have gone wrong before it. however, one of the conductors does remember something strange ha...

>> reporter: now this is what were talking about. septa has said objects sometimes theyve gotten reports of objects being thrown at trains in some neighborhoods like this one in philadelphia. buff the emergency stop is unusual. on top of that, youre talking about three trains hit by an object within 20 minutes span and all really close to the area of the crash. the ntsb, we also -- this is also bringing in a whole new set of questions. remember the engineer was a really being scrutinized because...

Object thrown at the window, right before the train a crashed at 9:21 on tuesday night. anistant conductor in the cafe car of train 188 says she overheard the engineer talking by radio to a local train engineer that they had both been hit by something before the derailment. >> she recalled the septa engineer reported to the train dispatcher that a he had either been hit by a rock or shot at. the septa engineer said he had a broken windshield and placed his train into emergency stop. >> reporter:...