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yeoman6987

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44. If he is found guilty of excessive speed,

Fri May 15, 2015, 06:22 PM

May 2015

He will have to be held accountable. No more then 20 years in prison because I don't think he meant to kill those passengers. My blessing heart is the reason for this too. You will have others calling for life in prison but that is too far.

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Breaking: Asst Conductor thought she heard over the radio the Engineeer say that the train was [View all] itsrobert May 2015 OP

The train was the projectile... Buzz Clik May 2015 #1

just saw this! xynthee May 2015 #2

A decent guy taking a curve at 100 mph in a train?!?! Are you fucking kidding me? NickB79 May 2015 #3

I know! xynthee May 2015 #6

Several years back the DC Metro had two trains crash into one another justiceischeap May 2015 #14

Thank you of saying this. Raine1967 May 2015 #37

Well, 5 or 10 years ago a pedophile was driving a train in California... AngryAmish May 2015 #39

+1 nt Live and Learn May 2015 #46

"She was told to proceed up to 55mph" NickB79 May 2015 #63

I'm not claiming he was instructed to speed up justiceischeap May 2015 #64

We don't know what happened. backscatter712 May 2015 #45

Sometimes decent people do stupid things. bigwillq May 2015 #5

If he is found guilty of excessive speed, yeoman6987 May 2015 #44

A year for each person killed bigwillq May 2015 #47

Yeah I could live with that easily. yeoman6987 May 2015 #49

I am not a judge, but I play one on DU! bigwillq May 2015 #51

The only explanation could be that he was disoriented or somehow affected by the supposed panader0 May 2015 #58

I didn't know Amtrac trains could do 100 miles an hour! haikugal May 2015 #4

This model is rated for 125mph. krispos42 May 2015 #20

I had no idea! Thanks for the info. haikugal May 2015 #26

3 trains were hit by something....nt fadedrose May 2015 #7

Three ??? eom. In_The_Wind May 2015 #9

Two that we know of. LisaL May 2015 #11

Yeah, let me give you a link nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #12

LOL, "grow stumps".... nt haikugal May 2015 #54

It is not yet to feet nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #55

Much less legs... haikugal May 2015 #59

I think this is starting to grow legs nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #61

Good point.... haikugal May 2015 #62

All in the window of the engineer's cab fadedrose May 2015 #15

Projectile thrown at the window wouldn't cause the train to accelerate, would it? LisaL May 2015 #16

Unless maybe it hit the engineer and knocked him unconscious davidn3600 May 2015 #19

Engineer wasn't knocked unconcsious since he was talking about it LisaL May 2015 #22

He says he remembers going into the turn and B2G May 2015 #23

Do you mean "braking"? (Not a criticsm,just confusion on my part.) virgogal May 2015 #27

yes i do B2G May 2015 #28

Where did you hear that? LisaL May 2015 #30

No. His lawyer stated that B2G May 2015 #31

Do you have a link for that? LisaL May 2015 #36

Yes, here. Straight from his attorney. B2G May 2015 #40

Thanks. That certainly seems like a rather huge contradiction to me. LisaL May 2015 #41

I agree totally B2G May 2015 #43

That is correct itsrobert May 2015 #35

Have you been driving down the highway at 60 and had madinmaryland May 2015 #24

Conductor said she overheard him talking with the SEPTA engineer about this. LisaL May 2015 #25

I am a bit confused about your reply. The engineer was madinmaryland May 2015 #29

No. LisaL May 2015 #33

Ok. Thanks. I had not seen that. madinmaryland May 2015 #38

I've been away from the TV this afternoon. Thanks for the information. In_The_Wind May 2015 #17

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You won't last long on DU with that attitude. In_The_Wind May 2015 #10

And you were correct. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #32

LOL! Thanks for letting me know. In_The_Wind May 2015 #53

Who's said he's "crazy"? nt B2G May 2015 #13

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #18

It seems some here are positively desperate B2G May 2015 #21

The only one desperate here is you Renew Deal May 2015 #34

I'm trying to remember which DUer posted a thread about projectiles being thrown malaise May 2015 #42

PC Intern nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #48

Girl you're good malaise May 2015 #50

Here's the thread-There may be more to this derailment than meets the eye... malaise May 2015 #52

I thank you for the credit... PCIntern May 2015 #56

LOL malaise May 2015 #57

I have been away from the news for a while but Backwoodsrider May 2015 #60