The Amtrak engineer charged with the deaths of eight people in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia is scheduled to face trial next fall.
Brandon Bostian, 35, is expected to be tried starting Sept. 23 before Court of Common Pleas Judge Barbara McDermott. The engineer, who was in court Thursday, is facing 216 counts of reckless endangerment, a count of causing a catastrophe, and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the May 12, 2015, derailment. Along with the eight deaths, more than 150 people were hurt..
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