Difference between negligence and a crime. Big difference between an accident and a crime. Reporter bostian had accelerated amtrak train 188 to 106 Miles Per Hour as he entered the frankford curve on the night of may 12th, 2015. The train derailed killing eight people and injuring more than a hundred 50 others. Amtrak paid out big bucks in civil judgments but the philly District Attorneys Office declined to file criminal charges. Citing a lack of evidence. Legal maneuvering by attorneys representing the family of a crash victim led to the state attorney general filing charges. But the case was challenging from the start. Federal crash investigators ruled bostian was not drunk or high or playing with his mobile phone at the time of the crash. They believe he may have have been distracted by reports of vandals throwing rocks at septa trains nearby. Look closely at this map from the ntsb hearings in may have last year. Bostian had the train going 106 in a 50 miles an hour zone approaching
Know what to expect. And a courtroom shocker. The case against amtrak engineers toed out. Were obviously elated. It was by definition reckle recklessness. Any comment today . Victims are stunned. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. An accident not a crime. The decision from a judge for Brandon Bostian the man at the control when amtrak train 188 careened off the tracks in 2015. Thanks for joining us tonight at 10 00. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. That crash killed eight people, injured more than 150 others. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser live at 30th street station, and the victims that youve talked with are not at all happy, dave. Reporter no, lucy, theyre not happy at all the lawyer for bostian says hes elate the and relieved that the judge decided to dismiss this case. But the legal battle is far from over. Tonight, one crash victim told us, hes disturbed by the judges decision. Im disgusted by what happened today. Reporter amtrak 188 crash victim lenny nobodies didnt try to hide his disappointme
You were out yesterday whether it was sorros, icahn, these german 10year threatening the zero bound. Yeah, i did a piece on mad money when the rich people who are big Money Managers have this kind of natural disposition to being negative, we cant necessarily take cue from them. I take my cue from oil. There is no doubt about it oils under pressure today. I dont take my cue from europe anymore because i believe that if the dollar is weak, right now you cant have a weak dollar because theyre buying so many of our bonds. But i keep waiting, thats the only thing thats popping up, the dollar. I do believe the yields are a little insane in europe. This is draghi doing it and hes having some success, and that is weakening the euro. Thats his plan. But i am again not i am more constructive than most because i just think when you look at the overall profile of the earnings weve been getting of late, and there havent been that many, theyre pretty good. But i recognize weve been up a lot. And its
Cars putting them on flat bed trucks to take them away for inspection. Shaken a little bit . Absolutely. Bart emergency. Bart emergency 321, the trail, concord, con ford two. Reporter that was the first alert from dispatch on the derailment. The train slipped off the tracks at the point the tracks interlock. No passenger on board and the engineer uninjured. But figuring out what went wrong is like figuring out which came first, the chicken or the egg. Crewing are working around the clock untangling the train and refitting the tracks in 39foot section and say the heavy lifting is a day ahead of schedule. Our goal is to have our regular sunday service at 8 00. That is our goal. Reporter the tracks will be repaired right away and soon after the trains will be back on schedule. But more damage to barts reputation is already done. I think it sucks. Anything about the safety about bart trains . Yes, but it is transportation for a lot of people so it is one of the things we have to do. Report
England so i could come here to another very important living room. This is senator elizabeth Warrens House in cambridge, massachusetts. Our fair city. Senator warren announced today just hours ago that she is live leaving the president ial race. Shes suspending her campaign. This will be her first interview since making that announcement. Senator warrens campaign was premised in part on the idea of competence and how inspiring that can be. The idea of not just saying what you want but having detailed plans for how to get it done. How to make government work. In that context, before i start my interview with senator warren, i would be remiss to note that today, the day that senator warren ended her president ial bid, it happens to be a day when the shortage of competence in our federal government right now is not only on display, its becoming somewhat terrifying. The death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus reached 12 today with now 226 confirmed cases across at least 20 states. This a