So does he remember why he was going so fast before the crash?
That’s what my lawyer will say, too. “Tax-chick has no recollection of the events ...”
I want to see his toxicology results.
This story is going to change constantly over the next few days until they find a narrative that blames someone else.
Who’s his lawyer, David Kendall?
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.”
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.
So the train got up to 106mph in only 11 minutes? Sounds more like a malfunction no?
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.
He did, however, have the presence of mind to immediately call a lawyer.
FWIW, lack of memory with regard to a severely traumatic event is pretty common.
I was opening these FR threads at over 100 per hour. Last thing I remember was clicking on the title...
I don’t recall what was in it.
Given the predilections of the train’s conductor, he probably assumed that centrifugal force had become an artificial construct.
Always recall that a defense lawyer is not restrained by truth or facts. Like the paid gunslinger of the old west, the job is to do everything possible to get the client the best possible outcome.
To listen to any of their statements at such an early time is to suspend logic as all that will be said is to accomplish the above. Not saying that the lawyer is lying, just saying that all the hot air is simply setting the stage for what comes later.
He couldn’t figure out how to push a button to reduce speed but he knew how to call 911 on his cellphone.
Convenient memory loss is a good way to avoid perjury. I harken back to the Clinton travel office investigation when stephanopolous and company repeatedly giggled through the “I don’t recall” mantra during their testimony.
“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 could have been doing any number of things.
I don't see much negligence difference between running into an island and doing 106 mph on a 50 mph curve.
“...the last thing he recalls is coming...”