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I may have said horn. he's priored to sound his ed torequired to sound his bell as he goed past a station stop. and he did that. he recalled doing that. but he has no recollection of anything past that. >> joining me now from philadelphia's amtrak station, adam reese. what more do you know that you can tell us about the ntsb's interview with the engineer brandon bostian? >> reporter: they tell us he's been very cooperative offering up more support. all he remembers as you heard ringing his bell as he passed through the north philadelphia train station. he wasn't fatigued he wasn't ill. this wa...

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 incident but the questions had been put to rest as to whether there was any connection between the two of ...

Fbi forensics team to help determine what happened here. you see in the red circle here that white impact mark? well the head of the ntsb believes that that mark came from a projectile that hit the train before the derailment. and now look at this. it may be one of three trains that was struck on tuesday night. erin mclaughlin is following the investigation live from philadelphia. what have you learned this morning, erin? >> well in addition to the windshield you were just describing there, investigators are pointing to another piece of key evidence that suggests some sort of projectile may ha...

Investigation. erin, what have you learned this morning? >> reporter: victor and christi, investigators trying to solve this mystery are pointing to two knew pieces of evidence that indicate that am track 188 may have been hit by some sort of projectile prior to crashing. they interviewed the assistant conductor of am track 188 who says that prior to the crash she heard a radio transmission that took place between the amtrak dispatcher and the engineer of a nearby septa train. the engineer of that septa train saying that his wind shield had been struck by some sort of projectile. she says what...

Many impact from a projectile. >> the fbi specifically looking at the lower left side of that windshield of amtrak 188's 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 train, a local train's engineer saying they were both hit by an object. >> she said she heard the eng...