2015 Philadelphia train derailment 10 years later
It's been 10 years since Amtrak Train 188 derailed, killing eight people and injuring more than 200 in Northeast Philadelphia.
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It's been 10 years since Amtrak Train 188 derailed, killing eight people and injuring more than 200 in Northeast Philadelphia.
NTSB crews remain on scene in Northampton County Monday as crews continue to investigate and clean up after a Norfolk Southern train derailed near Bethlehem over the weekend.
At least three train cars derailed around midnight, but it's unknown what, if anything, was inside the cars when they went off the tracks.
A 40-car CSX freight train derailed near Stenton Avenue and Joshua Road, police said.
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office says no criminal charges will be filed in the 2015 Amtrak derailment that killed eight people and injured over 200 others.
The DA's office has until Friday to bring charges before the statute of limitations runs out, but according to attorney Tom Klein, who represents some of the victims and their families, there will be no charges.
Lawyers involved in the Amtrak 188 litigation believe it's the largest payout of its kind in the US.
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.
Revisions to the city's mass casualty plan will direct police in the future to work closely with emergency medical service personnel.
Survivors remember how their lives were changed, one year ago.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the AMTRAK 188 derailment in Frankford that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.
Philadelphia lawyers who filed lawsuits against Amtrak contend there are "glaring inconsistencies" in the statements the locomotive engineer gave to railroad accident investigators.
In his first interview with the NTSB, Amtrak 188 engineer Brandon Bostian tells investigators that his last memory from that night was "turning on the bell" while "approaching and passing the platforms in North Philadelphia."
Investigators think the engineer may have been distracted by radio chatter from other train operators when the train jumped the tracks in Frankford.
Preliminary findings from the NTSB investigation are expected to be released in the next few weeks.
A provision in a 1,300-page transportation bill would raise the cap on total victims' compensation in the Amtrak crash from $200 million to $295 million.
The husband of a technology executive killed when a speeding Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia has sued the railroad for wrongful death.
According to Temple University Hospital, the last patient from the deadly Philadelphia train derailment in May has been released.
The Transportation Department sent letters on Friday to five airlines — Delta, American, United, Southwest and JetBlue — seeking information on their prices before and after the May 12 train crash.
The culinary community of Philadelphia is gathering Thursday night at Fork restaurant for a fundraiser of co-owner and chef Eli Kulp who was seriously injured in the Amtrak derailment this past May.
Amtrak made its first legal filings Friday regarding lawsuits stemming from May's deadly train derailment in Philadelphia with 243 people on board, killing 8.
Amtrak officials have joined with the passengers who are suing them in asking that all lawsuits arising from the May derailment be consolidated in federal court in Philadelphia.
Today, Septa officials demonstrated that system for area congressmen. The federal deadline is December 31st.
As federal investigators continue their probe into the Philadelphia train derailment, the first wrongful-death lawsuit was filed Monday.
The investigation into the Amtrak crash that left eight dead and over 200 wounded continues, and a local survivor tells Eyewitness News he'll never be the same.
