PHILADELPHIA — The opening of the trial of the former Amtrak engineer at the controls for the fatal 2015 derailment of Northeast Regional train No. 188 has been delayed.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the trial of Brandon Bostian, which had been scheduled to begin Tuesday, is now expected to start no sooner than Thursday because of court-related scheduling issues. A spokesman for the court declined to provide specifics on the nature of the scheduling problems, the newspaper said.
Bostian, 38, is facing eight counts of involuntary manslaughter, hundreds of counts of reckless endangerment, and causing a catastrophe in the trial in Common Pleas Court [see “Trial of Amtrak 188 engineer set to begin,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 22, 2022]. The trial is expected to last about two weeks.
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