Engineer of Crashed Amtrak Train Publicly Identified

Multiple news outlets tonight are reporting that 32-year-old Brandon Bostian was the engineer of the Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia last night.

Fox News showed this still of Bostian earlier tonight:

Officials said that Bostian had refused to speak with the police about the accident that left six people dead and over 100 injured.

The Amtrak train had been speeding at roughly 106 miles per hour, more than twice the speed limit.

[image via screengrab]

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