Engineer of Derailed Amtrak Train Says He Has No Memory of Crash

The engineer who was operating an Amtrak train when it veered off the tracks in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, killing seven, has said that he has no memory of the accident.

The lawyer representing 32-year-old engineer Brandon Bostian has said his client has no recollection of the crash due to a concussion sustained during the accident. The Amtrak Train 188 had been traveling over twice its allowed speed when taking a curve while traveling from Washington, D.C. to New York on Tuesday evening.

Media outlets report that Bostian has also refused to speak with police regarding the train's unsafe speed of over 100 mph.

"He remembers coming into the curve. He remembers attempting to reduce speed and thereafter, he was knocked out," attorney Robert Goggin told ABC News, adding that his client remembers retrieving his cell phone after the crash to call for assistance.

The crash on Tuesday evening left multiple train cars on their sides and one of the cars completely mangled.

Along with the seven fatalities, over 200 people were injured in Tuesday evening's crash.

Robert Sumwalt, member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), told Reuters in a recent interview that Tuesday's crash could have been avoided by the installation of "positive train control (PTC)," which would have automatically slowed the train if it approached curves to fast.

"It's tragic to investigate an accident. It's even more tragic to investigate and not to see those recommendations that we called for because we know they can prevent accidents," Sumwalt told Reuters.