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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 this information, but we have seen damage to the left-hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield that ...

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 ...

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...

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 into the windshield. before the train crashed tuesday 9:21. an assistant conductor in the cafe car s...

There's 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 her engineer say they were hit, too. meanwhile, federal regulators have ordered amtrak to improve s...