Amtrak engineer cleared in trial over deadly 2015 crash

(Patrick Semansky/AP)
(Patrick Semansky/AP)
Fri, 04 Mar, 2022 - 19:55
Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press

An Amtrak engineer has been cleared of charges related to a deadly, high-speed derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia in 2015.

The jury acquitted 38-year-old engineer Brandon Bostian of causing a catastrophe, involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment after a little more than an hour of deliberations.

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