NEW YORK
An eighth body was recovered Thursday from the wreckage of a derailed passenger train in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, officials said.
With the discovery, all 243 people thought to have been on the train have been accounted for, said Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.
The engine and all seven cars of the New York-bound Amtrak train left the tracks in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
Investigators have not said if the accident was caused by human or mechanical error, but indicated the train was going twice as fast as it should have.
The train was traveling at more than 100 miles an hour as it entered a sharp curve where it derailed, The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday, citing two individuals "with knowledge of the investigation" launched by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The maximum speed limit at the curve is 50 miles per hour, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.
At a press conference Thursday, Mayor Nutter criticized engineer Brandon Bostian for speeding.
"I don't think any common-sense, rational person would think it was okay to travel at that speed knowing there was a restriction on how fast you could go through that turn," he said.
Bostian's lawyer told ABC News that the 32-year-old engineer "has absolutely no recollection" of the crash as he lost consciousness.
"I am told that his memory is likely to return as the concussion symptoms subside," said lawyer Robert Goggin.
He said his client only remembers "coming into the curve" where the crash happened, and "looking for his bag, getting his cell phone, turning it on, and calling 911."
The identities of all eight of the victims have been revealed.
Those confirmed killed included Justin Zemser, a student at the U.S. Naval Academy; Jim Gaines, a video software engineer at The Associated Press news agency; Abid Gilani, a Wells Fargo employee; Derrick Griffith, acting dean of studens at Medgar Evers College; Rachel Jacobs, CEO of a Philadelphia-area technology company; and Bob Gildersleeve, an Ecolab executive.
The remaining two victims were identifed Thursday as Laura Finamore and Giuseppe Piras.
