Criminal charges have been reinstated against Brian Bostian, the latest twist in the legal saga of the engineer who was at the controls for the fatal Philadelphia derailment of Amtrak train No. 188 in 2015. Charges against Bostian were dropped for the second time in July 2019 when a judge said his actions did not rise to the level of criminal recklessness [see “Charges against Amtrak 188 engineer again dropped,” Trains News Wire, July 23, 2019], but on Thursday, Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Victor Stabile said the judge who issued the prior ruling improperly considered evidence that should be litigated at trial.
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