Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Lawyer says engineer has no recollection of railroad crash
FOX News ^ | May 14, 2015

Posted on 05/14/2015 5:09:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The attorney for the engineer who was at the controls when an Amtrak train crashed in Philadelphia says his client has no recollection of a crash that killed at least seven people.

Attorney Robert Goggin says Brandon Bostian remembers attempting to reduce speed as the train entered a curve before he was knocked out and sustained a concussion.

Goggin says Bostian told him the last thing he recalls is coming to, looking for his bag, retrieving his cellphone and calling 911 for help.

The lawyer says his client's memory could likely return as the head injury subsides.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: amtrak; bostian
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-68 next last

1 posted on 05/14/2015 5:09:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

So does he remember why he was going so fast before the crash?


2 posted on 05/14/2015 5:10:42 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s what my lawyer will say, too. “Tax-chick has no recollection of the events ...”


3 posted on 05/14/2015 5:12:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("He's not my prophet, he's just some dead bloke." ~ Mark Steyn)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

I want to see his toxicology results.


4 posted on 05/14/2015 5:13:12 AM PDT by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick

And if he was drunk or high, he might disappear for a few days until he would test negative.


5 posted on 05/14/2015 5:13:35 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick

Drugged out?


6 posted on 05/14/2015 5:13:56 AM PDT by DaveA37
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick

Ah, the old Hillary defence!


7 posted on 05/14/2015 5:14:13 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

This story is going to change constantly over the next few days until they find a narrative that blames someone else.


8 posted on 05/14/2015 5:16:10 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who’s his lawyer, David Kendall?


9 posted on 05/14/2015 5:16:17 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All

NBC News — “According to his attorney, Bostian suffered a concussion and required 14 staples in his head as well as several stitches in his leg. Bostian was released from the hospital and interviewed by police Wednesday.”

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Brandon-Bostian-Train-Derailment-Amtrak-Deadly-303693711.html


10 posted on 05/14/2015 5:16:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DaveA37
Drugged out?

Ask my lawyer.

11 posted on 05/14/2015 5:16:56 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("He's not my prophet, he's just some dead bloke." ~ Mark Steyn)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Post incident drug tests are done as quickly as possible after the event.


12 posted on 05/14/2015 5:17:11 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: tet68

;-)


13 posted on 05/14/2015 5:17:24 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("He's not my prophet, he's just some dead bloke." ~ Mark Steyn)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: AppyPappy
This story is going to change constantly over the next few days until they find a narrative that blames someone else.

They've already found it. It's Bush's fault for not having that section of track upgraded for 100+ mph operation.

14 posted on 05/14/2015 5:18:06 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: AppyPappy

If you ask me it was white privilege.


15 posted on 05/14/2015 5:18:24 AM PDT by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

NTSB board member Robert Sumwalt, stressing he was working with preliminary information, said the train was traveling at 106 mph as it entered a sharp curve where the speed limit was 50 mph. The engineer he said, launched a “full emergency brake application” a few seconds before the train derailed 11 minutes after leaving the Philadelphia station, crumpling cars and throwing around many of the 243 aboard.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/13/amtrak-train-crashes-in-philadelphia-several-people-appear-to-be-injured/?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obinsite

So the train got up to 106mph in only 11 minutes? Sounds more like a malfunction no?


16 posted on 05/14/2015 5:18:28 AM PDT by EBH (And the angel poured out his cup...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

The docs released him, but the lawyer did a better exam?

Dont think so. It is a coverup of his negligence.

Texting?
Asleep?
Drugged?
or all of them.


17 posted on 05/14/2015 5:18:47 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer
The attorney for the engineer who was at the controls when an Amtrak train crashed in Philadelphia says his client has no recollection of a crash that killed at least seven people.

He did, however, have the presence of mind to immediately call a lawyer.

18 posted on 05/14/2015 5:20:38 AM PDT by GreenHornet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AppyPappy

They are working on it...if the funding was there, the safety speed control system would have been in place...just write them a bigger check and the problem goes away.


19 posted on 05/14/2015 5:21:14 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$ Don't Defund the Government...Defund Obama and his illegal policies $$$$$)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: tet68

They taught us well, the Clintons. I don’t remember is perjury; I don’t recollect/to the best of my recollection is legal lying.


20 posted on 05/14/2015 5:22:29 AM PDT by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-68 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson