The engineer who was driving the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night killing at least seven people is a 2006 graduate of the University of Missouri.
ABC news is reporting the attorney for Brandon Bostian has confirmed he was the engineer on the train. According to his Linkedin page, Bostian graduated from MU with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management in 2006. His profile page says he also worked at Target while living in Columbia, before becoming a conductor for Amtrak in 2006, and engineer in 2010.
Bostian’s attorney says his client has no recollection of a crash that killed at least seven people. Investigators have determined the train was traveling at 106 mph on Tuesday night before it ran off the rails, where the speed limit was 50 mph.
National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt, speaking Thursday on "CBS This Morning," took exception to Mayor Michael Nutter's remarks that the engineer at the control of the Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia was "reckless and irresponsible."
Sumwalt said Nutter's comments to CNN were "subjective" and "judgmental."
He said investigators are not making any "judgment calls" and hope to interview the engineer "very soon."
Asked about comments by the engineer's attorney that his client cannot remember the crash, Sumwalt said that would not be surprising for somebody who's been through a traumatic event.
