Multiple people injured after Boston transit trains collide

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CNN

By Steve Almasy,

(CNN)Multiple people were reported injured Friday after the Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority said two trains collided with one another on the Commonwealth Avenue rail line in Boston.

Twenty-three people have been transported to hospitals for injuries that are not life-threatening after the accident Friday evening, according to a tweet from the Boston Fire Department.

The authority said the collision involved two Green Line trains near Babcock Street.

Link to tweet

The train was stopped at the light when it suddenly jerked forward," passenger Brian Sirman, who was on one of the trains, told CNN affiliate WCVB. "It felt like the worst amusement park ride that you could imagine, just jerking you forward."



Two Green Line trains were involved in a collision on Friday in Boston.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/30/us/boston-mbta-collision/index.html

[SheltieLover]

1. I hope everyone is ok!

[applegrove]

2. Vibes.

[secondwind]

3. Wow! I rode those trains every day when I commuted

from Boston to Wellesley College and back.