It took a jury less than 90 minutes to find Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian not guilty of all charges in connection with the deadly May 2015 crash of Train 188 at Frankford Junction.
The case focused on Bostian’s actions the night of May 12, 2015, when he was the engineer on Train 188, which was making its way to New York City, a route prosecutors said Bostian had to know by memory in order to be permitted to be the sole engineer. . In interviews with federal investigators, Bostian described hearing distress calls from a SEPTA engineer, who said he was “kind of dinged” and had to make an emergency stop after “something” — later determined to be rocks — shattered the windshield of the cab.
The prosecution, however, countered with engineers who testified that it’s common for people to toss projectiles at trains. Those other engineers, Phillips argued, avoided crashes by relying on their training. The prosecution asked jurors not to consider Bostian’s intent that evening. The charges would be entirely different had Bostian intentionally caused the death of eight people, said Phillips in closing arguments Thursday.Friday’s verdict ends a seven-year saga for family members of victims who have long waited for Bostian’s criminal trial.
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