--- description: The Amtrak engineer involved in a fatal train crash two years ago in Philadelphia has turned himself in to police for multiple charges title: Amtrak Engineer Involved in Fatal Philadelphia Crash Surrenders to Police image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cf2f6c20cec6a53/6988cddb86f68e3bf16e4c24/amtrak-engineer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amtrak Engineer Involved in Fatal Philadelphia Crash Surrenders to Police by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2017 3:40 PM CUT  Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a fatal train crash two years ago, walks to a police station in Philadelphia on Thursday, May 18, 2017, to turn himself in to answer charges including causing a catastrophe and involuntary manslaughter. Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a fatal train crash two years ago, walks to a police station in Philadelphia on Thursday, May 18, 2017, to turn himself in to answer charges including causing a catastrophe and involuntary manslaughter.Matt Rourke—AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2017 3:40 PM CUT (PHILADELPHIA) — An Amtrak engineer involved in a fatal train crash two years ago in Philadelphia has turned himself in to police on charges including causing a catastrophe and involuntary manslaughter. Brandon Bostian was handcuffed by a detective as he arrived at a Philadelphia police station Thursday with his attorney. The train accelerated to 106 mph on a 50 mph curve May 12, 2015, derailing in a crash that killed eight people and injured about 200. The National Transportation Safety Board found that Bostian essentially forgot where he was just minutes after leaving Philadelphia on his Washington-to-New York run. Philadelphia prosecutors decided not to charge the 34-year-old engineer. But a judge acting on a complaint from a crash victim’s family ordered misdemeanor charges filed. State prosecutors added a felony. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4784385/amtrak-engineer-brandon-bostian-philadelphia-crash-surrenders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4784385/amtrak-engineer-brandon-bostian-philadelphia-crash-surrenders/"},"headline":"Amtrak Engineer Involved in Fatal Philadelphia Crash Surrenders to Police","datePublished":"2017-05-18T15:40:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:00:08.669Z","description":"He's facing charges including causing a catastrophe and involuntary manslaughter","url":"https://time.com/4784385/amtrak-engineer-brandon-bostian-philadelphia-crash-surrenders/","keywords":["Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cf2f6c20cec6a53/6988cddb86f68e3bf16e4c24/amtrak-engineer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cf2f6c20cec6a53/6988cddb86f68e3bf16e4c24/amtrak-engineer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170518_Amtrak Crash Philadelphia","caption":"Amtrak Crash Philadelphia","creditText":"Matt Rourke—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4784385/amtrak-engineer-brandon-bostian-philadelphia-crash-surrenders/","name":"Amtrak Engineer Involved in Fatal Philadelphia Crash Surrenders to Police"}}]}] ```