Charges dropped against Amtrak engineer in deadly derailment case

Published September 12, 2017 9:49pm ET



A judge on Tuesday dropped charges that included involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment against an Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 crash that killed eight people.

Brandon Bostian’s Washington-to-New York train rounded a curve at 106 miles per hour, more than twice the legal limit, and careened off the tracks that hit cars and hurled passengers into the woods, injuring nearly 200 people.

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