US teenager accused of derailing train, recording crash, posting footage online
Nebraska has been accused of intentionally derailing a train, recording the crash and then posting the footage online, according to court documents. The 17-year-old, who was described by investigators as a train enthusiast, or «railfan,» faces two felony counts of criminal mischief for intentionally damaging or tampering with property, according to documents filed last week in the district court of Lancaster County, Nebraska, as per a report on NYT News Service.
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The BNSF Railway train was carrying coal and traveling east when it derailed around 6:10 pm (local time) on April 21 at a crossing in Bennet, Nebraska, which is about 17 miles southeast of Lincoln, according to a search warrant affidavit filed this month.
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The derailment, which happened after the train drove through a misaligned switch at a railroad crossing, caused about $200,000 in damages to BNSF locomotives and property and at least $150,000 in damages to Omaha Public Power District property, the affidavit said.
The teenager approached an investigator at the crash scene and asked what had happened, according to the affidavit. The investigator said the cause of the derailment had not been identified, to which the teenager replied, «Obviously, a switch was flipped the wrong way.»
The investigator also
