re: #417 Justanotherhuman

Sources: train reportedly speeding. Engineer mum

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“The train’s engineer, who has not been identified, declined to give a statement to police investigators and left the East Detectives Division with an attorney, police commissioner Charles H. Ramsey said Wednesday.

“”The train’s conductor, also unidentified, was at Einstein Hospital with a skull fracuture, Ramsey said.

Here it is again:

“The train reportedly was traveling over 100 m.p.h. when it entered the curve, according to people close to the investigation.”

The train’s “black box,” which includes a speed recorder, has been recovered by investigators.
Read more at philly.com

If it’s true that the engineer was driving the train too fast for the track conditions, they’re going to be wish they were dead too, because prosecutors and the press are going to turn them every way but loose.

Reminds me of someone else:

Grateful Dead - Casey Jones (Studio Version)