Judge: Deadly Amtrak train 188 crash was an accident, not a crime

September 13, 2017

(Source: Associated Press, September 12, 2017)

PHILADELPHIA — An unusual, 11th-hour attempt to put an Amtrak engineer behind bars for a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia unraveled Tuesday as a judge dismissed the case without trial because he found the evidence pointed to an accident, not negligence.