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Green Line crash just past Government Center

Multiple injuries.

People trapped.

Six injured people taken out on backboards around 7:55.

8:00: All injured people off the trains.

Channel 7 reports one trolley hit another as they were traveling from Government Center toward Park Street.

update: All injured off the train

By bostonzest | Fri, 05/08/2009 - 8:08pm

Companies are starting to make up. (off fire radio)

Here's the official T alert

"Due to medical emergency Green Line service is being diverted to the Orange Line between Park Street and North Station. From Park Street Station make use of the Winter Street concourse to Downtown Crossing for the Orange Line connection to North Station. From either North Station or Haymarket Station take the Orange Line to Downtown then use the Winter Street Concourse to reconnect to the Green line. 5/8/2009 7:24 PM "

http://www.mbta.com/rider_tools/transit_updates/?ttype=subway&route=Green+Line#details

8:19 Pm Channel 5 reports - driver of second train most seriously injured. Maybe up to 20 injured.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/19411812/detail.html

9:02 on channel 5 John Gill Deputy Superintendent Boston EMS reported 40 transported from Government center and 6 from Park Street.

I was on a D line train

By PattyN | Fri, 05/08/2009 - 8:34pm

I was on a D line train heading toward Brookline Village last week and the driver was texting on her cell phone the entire time. I wonder what we will find out is the cause of this accident. Happy to hear no one was seriously injured this time.

Send the train number,

By riggssm | Fri, 05/08/2009 - 8:50pm

Send the train number, direction of travel, time of day and if you were in the front or rear car to:

Deborah Gies
MBTA Green Line Chief
45 High Street, 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02110

Any sort of train or trolley

By riggssm | Fri, 05/08/2009 - 8:38pm

Any sort of train or trolley under ground is very, very dangerous.

They should all be replaced with busses running in special lanes on the street. They could paint each bus silver. Silver painted = faster! And the street, they could paint that green! Green paint = other cars won't drive there!

Photos

By adamg | Fri, 05/08/2009 - 8:59pm

The Globe posts photos.

I wonder how long until DHS

By riggssm | Fri, 05/08/2009 - 9:08pm

I wonder how long until DHS knocks on Laszlo Banajoph's door and he is led away to a detention center for taking pictures of the MBTA system.

I wonder how long until the T

By adamg | Fri, 05/08/2009 - 9:36pm

Fires the driver for texting.

Hopefully...

By Trixie | Fri, 05/08/2009 - 9:38pm

Hopefully before he gets out of the hospital...

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