17-year-old ‘railroad enthusiast’ charged in Bennet train derailment
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A 17-year-old Bennet boy was charged Wednesday in a train derailment.
The teenager faces two counts of felony criminal mischief.
On April 22, two locomotives and five rail cars went off the track in Bennet, hitting an empty coal car.
The crash caused about $350,000 in damage, authorities said.
BNSF Police said the boy moved a switch to the wrong position, causing the derailment.
The self-declared “railroad enthusiast,” according to court documents, took video of the derailment on his cellphone.
Authorities think he then posted it to YouTube.
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