Today's Morning Call (Allentown PA) newspaper reported on page 11 that charges have been Reinstated by a new Judge against Amtrak Engineer Brandon Bostian re the 2015 North Philadelphia wreck. He is free on bail but had to surrender his passport. Pa Pa state district attorney has picked up the case after the city district attorney bowed out and a family of a victim--Rachel Jacobs has files a private criminal complaint against the Engineer.
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I can understand where family members of the victims want their day in court but; I suspect a Bostian trial will end the same way the recent Canadian trial of the three CMQ / Lac Megantic employees ended; i.e. an acquittal.
Either you have sufficient evidence to take a case to trial or you don’t and the Philly DA in the Bostian case clearly felt he didn’t have what he needed for a reasonable shot at a conviction.
Curt
Unfortunately making one error with heavy equipment(any heavy equipment) can be deadly. We know it was not intentional, but it makes you wonder if you really want to be a engineman.
Old terminology: Ambulance Chaser
New terminology: Amtrak Chaser
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