[Crash] Videos
The NTSB is investigating the crash of a private plane at Hanscom Field outside Boston. The seven dead include media mogul Lewis Katz, a co-owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer. He was on his way to completing one of his biggest deals. Anne Marie Green reports.
A private jet was taking off from a Bedford, Mass., airport when it ran off the runway and burst into flames. A cause has yet to be determined.
On Tuesday, local media reported that thirty three passengers were injured, at least four seriously, when their high-speed train collided with an empty car at a station near Philadelphia. According to a CBS television affiliate, the train hit the stationary car at the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, 10 miles west of Philadelphia, just after midnight. NBC 10 reported that four people were listed in critical condition following the collision.
Chef Eli Kulp’s restaurant High Street on Hudson was named one of Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants in 2013. He was shuttling between New York and Philadelphia weekly to run his four acclaimed restaurants. In May 2015, his Amtrak train 188 derailed outside of Philadelphia, leaving him paralyzed.
A truck driver kept driving for three miles after losing the trailer roof in a collision with an overpass in Philadelphia on March. Pennsylvania Leslie Stahl captured video showing the truck dragging trailer wreckage.
The truck driver, Marcos Almanza, failed to clear an overpass in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia and the roof was peeled off, according to a WPVI report. Almanza told WPVI he was aware of the wreckage trailing his truck but he had to keep driving until he found a safe spot to stop. No charges have been filed against the driver, according to reports. Credit: Leslie Stahl via Storyful
A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against the driver of the Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia in 2015, killing eight passengers and injuring 200 others. Brandon Bostian, 34, had been facing charges including involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment.
The scene after an Amtrak train derailed in Washington state on Monday morning. AP The train that derailed in Washington was going 80 mph in a 30 mph zone. The National Transportation Safety Board cited data from an on-board recorder, which showed the train going much too fast. It said it was “too early to tell” why it was going so quickly along a bend.
According to the city district attorney’s office on Tuesday, the Amtrak engineer involved in a derailment that killed eight people and injured 200 others near Philadelphia won’t face criminal charges. Prosecutors said in a statement that they were unable to prove that engineer Brandon Bostian acted irresponsibly when he accelerated the train to 106 mph on a 50 mph curve, which was determined to be the cause of the crash.