Riders hurt in Green Line accident

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Riders hurt in Green Line accident
December 13, 2007 08:45 AM
By George Rizer and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff

Seven to nine people were taken to the hospital complaining of back and neck pain after two Green Line trolleys collided this morning at a platform at the Boylston Street station, according to a paramedic and a spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

The collision just after 8 a.m. on the inbound Green Line tracks was described by MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo as a "minor accident." One trolley rear ended another trolley that was stopped at the platform, he said.

Seven people, including the two trolley drivers, were taken to the hospital, Pesaturo said. A paramedic at the scene told a Globe reporter that nine people had been taken to the hospital. Two to three of the injured were carried out of the station on stretchers.

There was no visible damage to the trolleys. Pesaturo said the vehicles sustained minor damage, although one car derailed.


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