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May 14, 2015 9:30 am - NewsBehavingBadly.com

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The lawyer for the Amtrak engineer responsible for the train crash says his client has “no recollection” of the crash.

Robert Goggin, [Brandon] Bostian’s attorney, told ABC News his client has “no recollection” of the crash.

“He remembers driving the train. He remembers going to that area generally, [but] has absolutely no recollection of the incident or anything unusual. The next thing he recalls is being thrown around, coming to, finding his bag, getting his cellphone and dialing 911,” Goggin told ABC News.

Goggin says Bostian voluntarily turned over a blood sample and his cellphone.

“I asked him if he had any medical issues,” he told ABC News. “He said he had none. He’s on no medications … He has no health issues to speak of and just has no explanation.”

Goggin stated Bostian was later “distraught” after learning the details of what happened.

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D.B. Hirsch
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

19 responses to Lawyer: Engineer Has ‘No Recollection Of Crash’

  1. Budda May 14th, 2015 at 9:42 am

    Sounds like ‘driver fatigue’. If you go without enough sleep/rest you “fuzz out” on your feet. I will be interested in learning his last day or two of work/rest.

  2. robert May 14th, 2015 at 10:24 am

    i have no idea why you need to lawyer up if you did nothing wrong

    usually its the other way around when you are being accused of not doing your job

    GUILTY !

    • bpollen May 14th, 2015 at 3:29 pm

      Huh… having a lawyer means you are guilty? Pretty sure that isn’t how it works.

      • robert May 14th, 2015 at 10:11 pm

        you could be right

        however i would think its harder to convince you can make turns at 100mph ? i don’t think this would work on most highways. also looks like the brakes were working too

        too late that is

        • bpollen May 15th, 2015 at 2:10 am

          Frankly, in a situation like this, with multiple fatalities, only a fool would not retain the services of an attorney. And smart people keep their mouths shut UNTIL there is a lawyer present. There have been MANY falsely convicted. Usually because of lack of counsel.

          • robert May 16th, 2015 at 4:41 am

            it could be just me but i think the fix is in for this dude unless he’s alot smarter then the electronic recording devise in the locomotive

            Quite frankly i would have saved the lawyer cash so i wouldn’t have less when the pink slip arrives

  3. ValianThor May 14th, 2015 at 11:56 am

    Well I guess one more person in the engineer’s compartment wouldn’t have helped here, Since the railroad deliberately decided against installing that automatic device, with the already allotted funds..

  4. bpollen May 14th, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    Many car accident victims won’t remember the actual crash.

    • trees May 14th, 2015 at 6:28 pm

      You know what’s really interesting about automobile accidents?

      It’s never anybody’s fault….

      • bpollen May 15th, 2015 at 2:07 am

        Please, provide corroboration for that claim. I’ve been in auto accidents, and once it was my fault. So right there I disprove the absolute “never” in your claim. Please show where there is actual evidence to support your absolutism. Otherwise, it just looks like more crap from the Twig.

        • fahvel May 15th, 2015 at 9:02 am

          hey buzz, the tree is nothing but a splinter – ignore the moron.

      • William May 15th, 2015 at 9:52 am

        You know what’s really interesting about automobile accidents?

        It’s never anybody’s fault

  5. trees May 14th, 2015 at 6:26 pm

    Hmm….yeah….if you screw up real bad it’s probably best to claim, “I can’t recall”, “I don’t remember “, “Huh?, what happened?”…..

    • fahvel May 15th, 2015 at 9:01 am

      go have a flat beer with tooth decay!

    • William May 15th, 2015 at 9:47 am

      “I can’t recall”, “I don’t remember “, “Huh?, what happened?”…..

      Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha.

  6. John Tarter May 15th, 2015 at 5:55 am

    He’s just like the Democrat’s who run things and when they fail and they then try to make it seem as they are just innocent bystanders.

    • OldLefty May 15th, 2015 at 6:20 am

      Isn’t that what they have said about Republicans since Reagan?

    • fahvel May 15th, 2015 at 9:01 am

      oh shut up – your comments are pure crap with nothing but hatred behind them. How do you look at yourself in a mirror? No reflection? explains a lot.

    • Obewon May 15th, 2015 at 9:26 am

      ‘The engineers memory will probably return soon as his concussion brain swelling subsides’-Atty Goggin says Bostian voluntarily turned over a blood sample and his cellphone. Thankfully admitted early morning drunk Tarter doesn’t drive the public!