
Former Amtrak Engineer Brandon Bostian Found Not Guilty On All Counts In Deadly 2015 Train Derailment
Bostian was visibly emotional as he stood next to his attorneys outside court Friday afternoon.
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Bostian was visibly emotional as he stood next to his attorneys outside court Friday afternoon.
Brandon Bostian is facing several charges, including involuntary manslaughter.
Former Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian did not take the witness stand at his trial on Thursday.
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Bostian could face life in prison if a jury convicts him of all charges in the May 2015 Amtrak derailment.
The photos are part of a larger body of evidence the prosecutor is using to try their case.
The trial is expected to resume Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Bostian faces more than a lifetime in prison if convicted.
The former Amtrak engineer is charged with eight counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of causing a catastrophe, and 238 counts of reckless endangerment.
The trial is expected to last a week.
The ruling Thursday by Superior Court Judge Victor Stabile overturns a lower court's decision last July to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges against Brandon Bostian.
A judge dismissed the charges on Tuesday.
An Amtrak engineer charged in a high-speed derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight and injured about 200 people is set to go on trial late next year.
Lawyers for Bostian said there are important details missing from the investigation that night because the NTSB has not released them.
A judge has reinstated manslaughter charges against an Amtrak engineer involved in the deadly 2015 Philadelphia derailment.
In September, reckless endangerment and involuntary manslaughter charges were dismissed against Brandon Bostian, but an appeal was later filed by the state's attorney general.
About a month after a Philadelphia judge dismissed all criminal charges against Bostian for lack of evidence, the state's attorney general filed an appeal.
The 34-year-old train engineer was facing involuntary manslaughter, causing or risking a catastrophe and reckless endangerment charges.
Courts in both Philadelphia and New Jersey will be bustling with hearings, trials and sentences this fall.
Brandon Bostian was handcuffed and placed under arrest Thursday morning.
Bostian has also been charged with one count of causing or risking a catastrophe and numerous counts of reckless endangerment.
Prosecutors said earlier this week they can't prove Brandon Bostian acted with "conscious disregard" when he accelerated the train to 106 mph on a 50 mph curve in Philadelphia.
The engineer of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia last year, killing eight people, went "from distraction to disaster" in a matter of seconds.
The big question from the days after Amtrak 188's derailment to last week's Congressional hearing on the disaster was whether or not engineer Brandon Bostian was using his phone at the time of the crash.
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