PHILADELPHIA — It took a jury less than 90 minutes to find Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian not guilty of all charges in connection with the deadly May 2015 crash of Train 188 at Frankford Junction.
Bostian was charged with causing a catastrophe, eight counts of involuntary manslaughter, and almost 250 counts of reckless endangerment.
The jury reached its verdict on its first day of deliberations following a weeklong trial and a short suspension in deliberations Friday after one juror asked to be excused after the death of his sister Thursday night — the juror initially tried to participate in deliberations. An alternate was brought in after lunch and Common Pleas Court Judge Barbara McDermott instructed the panel to start deliberations anew.
