Incidents and Accidents
On May 28, 2008, two 'D-line' trains collided in Newton. The operator of one of the trains was killed and numerous riders were taken to the hospital with injuries of varying degrees of seriousness. While it was originally thought that cell phone use was responsible for the accident, it was determined that the actual cause of the crash was an episode of micro-sleep caused by the driver's sleep apnea.
On May 8, 2009, two Green Line trolleys rear-end collided underground between the Park Street Station and Government Center Station when the driver of one of the trolleys, 24-year-old Aiden Quinn, was text messaging his girlfriend while driving the train. A tougher policy on cell phones by the MBTA was put in place. Quinn had run through a red light before the trolley crash. The crash injured 46 people. MBTA officials estimated that the cost of damages from the crash was $9.6 million.
On October 8, 2012, two 'E-line' trolleys collided in the 700 block of Huntington Avenue near Brigham Circle when one of them derailed into the other injuring three people including a train operator.
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