17-Year-Old Arrested for Allegedly Causing Train Derailment

A train derailment is caught on camera in Bennet, Nebraska. You can hear the voice of a young man in the background as he watched the startling scene unfold. The crash occurred between two coal trains. Thankfully no one was hurt but it did cause damage. Prosecutors allege that the 17-year-old who recorded video of the derailment is responsible for flipping the switch to cause the crash. Inside Edition Digital has more.

[RobertLanden]

Why can anyone walk up to a switch and derail a train???

[rogerfunk]

If he did do it. Isnt messing with the rail road a federal crime?

[ivank.]

No regard for human life. Send him to prison

Edit: thank you so much for likes. This is the most I’ve ever gotten. Truly appreciate it.

[BenAck]

"All you had to do was not derail the dang train, CJ!"

[WaluigiBoyGamervwmg]

Nah, that should be a TERRORISM charge. However, moving it to adult court is a step in the right direction.

[cybersantics]

crazy how bro was so nonchalant about it too

[Zombiesteve]

Kid is beyond stupid but for these switches to be able to just be flipped just like that is absurd. He shouldn’t have ever had the opportunity, I know what I’m doing if I ever go homeless.

[Taylor-Swiftie-]

If that train had toxic hazardous chemicals in it that spilled, this 17 year old would deserve to be 25 years in prison or more

[CDTXGuy]

capitol city rail productions is absolutely cooked.

[rrxing]

7 years in prison is not enough, he deserves more then that. Risking lives for a couple of views is unbelievable.

[ChartheSkywing]

People these days will go to insane lengths for some clout

[iusedtomakevideos]

I'm almost 17. This is unfathomable to me. It weirds me out how a lot of people my age, not everybody but a lot of people, do drugs and hurt people. Or derail a train. Do some people not have morals or something?

[HighSpeedHauling]

glad everybody and their grandma is bringing attention to this incident the past few days!

[proven]

Is there really just a simple type "Switch" sitting around out there like that to switch the tracks for trains ? Wow! 🤔🤯

[GH-oijf]

He doesn't sound terrified. It sounds like bad acting. Notice he reacted the instant the emergency brakes were activated.

[camlee]

how the hell a 17 year old can flip a switch wtf? dont they have security unbelievable.. how is trains in america 50 years behind rest of the world

[Dixon-wz]

That kid has caused confusion and delay

[BrentonDorsey]

A 17-year-old teenager waste his life doing dumb stuff cause of the destruction of that train high school teenager

[GAGE-THE-HOBBY-NERD]

As a railfan, I don’t know why there’s other railfanner with no minds like him

[Paco_Choco]

"they believe he flipped the switch" sounds like hearsay.