asbury park press front page friday, may 15 2015

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ASBURY PARK PRESS APP.COM $1.00 LLLLLLLL FRIDAY 05.15.15 VOLUME 136 NUMBER 116 SINCE 1879 ADVICE JERSEY ALIVE CLASSIFIED 4D COMICS JERSEY ALIVE LOCAL 3A MOVIES JERSEY ALIVE OBITUARIES 15A OPINION 18A SPORTS 1C WEATHER 7C YOUR MONEY 14A Following Mo’ne Davis Asbury Park girl fights to play baseball. SPORTS, 1C POWER UP 17th annual tribute to Bob Dylan heading to Red Bank. Jersey Alive! The Amtrak train that derailed and killed at least eight people sped up for about a minute before derailing at a curve in Northeast Philadelphia, the National Transporta- tion Safety Board announced Thursday. The engineer, Brandon Bostian, has agreed to be inter- viewed by NTSB investigators in the next few days, board member Robert Sumwalt said at an afternoon news brief- ing. Bostian, 32, of Queens, suffered a concussion and “has absolutely no recollection whatsoever of the events” Tues- day night, his lawyer said in a television interview. Investigators do not know why the Washington-to-New York train accelerated from 70 mph to 106 mph as it ap- proached the 50-mph curve not long after leaving Philadel- phia’s 30th Street Station on time, Sumwalt said. Bostian ap- plied the emergency brakes seconds before the derailment, ASSOCIATED PRESS Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train wreck Wednesday in Philadelphia. Among the victims of the crash were Bob Gildersleeve (from left), Justin Zemser, Jim Gaines and Derrick E. Griffith. LAWYER: ENGINEER REMEMBERS LITTLE Officials: Train sped up before crash; eighth victim located DOUG STANGLIN USA TODAY THE VICTIMS » GIUSEPPE PIRAS, wine and olive oil executive from Italy » LAURA FINAMORE, senior account director at Cushman & Wakefield » BOB GILDERSLEEVE, vice president of a food-safety company » ABID GILANI, Wells Fargo Bank executive » DERRICK GRIFFITH, dean of student affairs and enrollment management at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn » JUSTIN ZEMSER, on a break from U.S. Naval Academy » JIM GAINES, Associated Press video software architect » RACHEL JACOBS, CEO of educational software startup Associated Press ASSOCIATED PRESS A flatbed truck hauls a section of new railroad track Thursday to the site of the deadly train derailment. See TRAIN, Page 17A AMTRAK DERAILMENT Folks, if you’re thinking about taking a train to Phila- delphia this week, you might want to reconsider. On Thursday, I embarked on an experimental trip to see how long it would take a commuter to get from central New Jersey to Washington, D.C. I set out to get to Philadelphia so I could gauge how much trouble someone would have to go through since Amtrak service is suspended while officials investigate this week’s deadly train derailment. But Philly to D.C. was the easy part — it was getting to the cheesesteak city that took me more than four hours Press reporter takes 8-hour round trip to Philly as service remains suspended KALA KACHMAR @NEWSQUIP See TRIP, Page 7A The lesson? Don’t take a train to Philadelphia until SEPTA and Amtrak have resumed service. A Jackson police officer was arrested at department headquarters Thursday afternoon on an accusation that he gave detectives false, deceptive and misleading information in the investigation of a murder, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Officer Eric Prosniewski, 45, of Bluebell Drive in Jackson, was charged with two counts of hindering ap- prehension, according to a release from the Prosecu- tor’s Office. His bail was set at $100,000 with no 10 per- cent option. Prosniewski is alleged to have been friends with Daniele Romeodisantillo, one of two men accused of Jackson cop accused of hindering investigation ANDREW FORD @ANDREWFORDNEWS See OFFICER, Page 5A PROVIDED PHOTO Eric Prosniewski, 45, of Bluebell Drive in Jackson, is charged with two counts of hindering apprehension, according to a release. The largely gorgeous weather in recent weeks has led to a growing dry spell that now covers about half the Garden State. That could spell trouble later. The dry spell encompasses North and Central Jer- sey, including nearly all of Monmouth County and part of northern Ocean County, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. “It’s particularly worrisome when you see this in the Lack of rain may shower trouble across New Jersey TODD B. BATES @TODDBBATESAPP See DRY, Page 5A OBAMA SEEKS TO REASSURE PERSIAN GULF ALLIES OVER IRAN PAGE 1B

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Asbury Park Press front page for Friday, May 15 2015.

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