Judge Dismisses Charges Against Amtrak Engineer In Fatal Derailment

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge has dismissed criminal charges against the engineer in an Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people.
The decision came Tuesday after a preliminary hearing for 34-year-old Brandon Bostian.
Judge Thomas Gehret says that based on the evidence offered by prosecutors, he feels it is “more likely an accident than criminal negligence.”
The 34-year-old engineer was arrested in May after the family of one of the victims filed a private c