Worcester Line train crashes at South Station
By adamg - Tue, 09/15/2009 - 8:26am.
Natasha Lloyd tweets:
The inbound Worcester MBTA train just crashed into the platform at South Station. Several people were injured. Most are ok.
WBZ tweets 12 people are being treated for minor injuries, adds the injured were all people standing waiting to get off the train. Local 718 tweets two people had to be put on backboards, one elderly.
And, of course, last night, two Worcester Line trains almost collided head on near Back Bay.
Passengers being taken away outside South Station, by NECN:
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I'm over at one financial
I'm over at one financial and there's about 4-5 ambulance that have come or went.
news crews and a chopper on the scene.
They were still bringing
They were still bringing people out on stretchers at 9:57 am.
Cameraphone photo here:
http://girl-named-fred.livejournal.com/73535.html
Ashland state rep not hurt
The MetroWest Daily News puts your mind at ease: Ashland State Rep. Tom Sannicandro is OK.
Operator error
WBUR quotes Joe Pesaturo as saying the train engineer simply made a mistake and that cell phones and the like were not a factor.
misjudged the distance
Heard on NECN that the driver said he 'misjudged the distance'. That's a big misjudgement to hit the embankment with that much force.
intensity, traffic jams, and stupid people
Well I was one of the very lucky ones to be stuck in traffic right by South Station when this was all happening...it was a blast kids. My only break in the miserable jam was watching an ambulance push through the highway and a van full of people on their way to Chinatown taking it upon themselves to beat the traffic by riding the tail of the ambulance. Kudos to them pulling it off and looking as if they didn't know any better!
Other than that it was awful but I am glad everyone was okay.
so he hit the stoppers at
so he hit the stoppers at the end? THAT hard? how were people on the platform injured!?! so many questions. im going to go up to south station and look at the carnage tomorow
They took the injured people off the train and
treated them on the platform. AFAIK, no one standing on the platform when the train hit the bumper was injured.