Amtrak crash probe focuses on engineer, who says he can't remember what happened

FoxNews.com ^ | May 14,2015 | FoxNews.Com

[Biggirl]

The Amtrak engineer involved in a crash Tuesday evening that killed at least seven near Philadelphia has no recollection of the crash and can offer investigators few details of the incident, his lawyer said.

[don-o]

Sorry, it does make a difference.

If you cannot recognize irony and sarcasm, you are in big trouble.

[MeshugeMikey]

U ...for the Unknown!

[jda]

“...will give him a day or two to recover from the shock of the accident let the drugs get out of his system.”

There, fixed it!

[jsanders2001]

> gays should never be left unattended in the cockpit

Probably grabbed the wrong throttle control while in the cockpit...

[don-o]

I heard he agreed to a blood draw. I remain mystified as to why he is not in jail. Probable cause is beyond a shadow of a doubt.

[Vigilanteman]

Anyone who persists in doing a self destructive behavior which will EXPONETIALLY increase their risk of contacting a fatal disease and, in fact, makes said behavior the center of their entire identity, should not be in a position where the lives of passengers are put at stake by said mental illness.

By contrast, smoking increases your risk of premature death by a mere 40%, or less than 1/20th the risk of a practicing homosexual.

[Sir Napsalot]

The guy was promoted to ‘passenger engineer’ in 2010.

>>>> Is this particular track new to him? How many times has he operated on the same route? <<<<

Those are the questions I haven’t heard any media type asking.

[RedMDer]

There is a Maryland family looking for their husband / dad also.

[hoosiermama]

Lots of questions with no answers

[Sir Napsalot]

>>> Early reports indicated that the engineer refused to give a statement to law enforcement. An NTSB official said the agency will give the man two days to recover from the shock

Such a delicate flower.

[arthurus]

Of course he “can’t remember.” That’s what his lawyer told him to say. He remembered enough to know he had to get a lawyer immediately, though. Or there was the one who beat the ambulance to the hospital and talked to him while he was on the operating table.

[louie2]

OK, so here’s my question - hopefully someone can educate me. He was coming into a 50 mph zone from one supposedly with an 80 mph limit. How fast was he going over that part of the track. No discussion of speeding over the previous track segment accident seems available. And, the other part of the question - was he alone in the cab? If so, what other type of public conveyance is there that can carry 250 passengers and not have two people in the cab? Airplanes no, ships no. Is there a regulation that requires more than one operator for a certain number of passengers? If not, why not?

[hoosiermama]

The mother of the two year old was identified late yesterday. This gentleman was just located by the dogs this morning

[DoughtyOne]

Offer him a $100,000 reward for saving so many lives. Ask how he did it?

He’ll suddenly regain his memory..., it may take three or four seconds.

[Lucky2]

I wonder if that train was rigged or the engineer paid off by ISIS to create this crash. Accidents like this, don’t just happen without help. ISIS did warn us of train accidents.

[JRandomFreeper]

He's not in jail because apparently there is no flight risk, and this is not the punishment phase. That comes after a fair trial and his conviction.

That is why he's not in jail.

/johnny

[justlurking]

The “I don’t recall” defense.

[mowowie]

My two questions are was he watching online gay porn videos at the time of the crash or did he recently have a fight/breakup with his boyfriend.

[don-o]

Has he been charged? If not, why not I wonder.

[JRandomFreeper]

Don't know. I'm like you. There are a bunch of question that aren't answered yet. I'm waiting on answers.

It generally takes a few days of investigation and time to write up the charges before a charge gets filed.

/johnny