Trolleys Crash in Boston; Dozens of People Hurt.

elleng

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Fri May-08-09 08:44 PM
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Trolleys Crash in Boston; Dozens of People Hurt.

Source: nyt/ap

Two trolleys have crashed between underground stations in downtown Boston, and dozens of people are reported injured.

But Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority spokesman Joe Pesaturo says none of the injuries appears to be life-threatening.

Read more: http://nytimes.com/aponline/2009/05/08/us/AP-US-Trolley-Crash.html

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DS1

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Fri May-08-09 08:46 PM
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1. Well that sucks!

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Muttocracy

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Fri May-08-09 08:47 PM
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2. oh no! hope injuries are minor. near Govmt Center - Boston Globe link:

Edited on Fri May-08-09 08:49 PM by Muttocracy

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/05/green_line_trai.html

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virgogal

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Fri May-08-09 09:16 PM
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3. The Green Line seems to be jinxed.

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nyy1998

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Sat May-09-09 12:29 AM
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8. That's great news

:sarcasm:

It's the train I take into the city from my college(the D-Riverside train). But so many of those trains are so old, I'm pretty sure that my Dad rode them when he was in college in the Boston-area in the mid-70s. :o A lot of those trollys need a serious upgrade!!!!

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Tesha

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Sat May-09-09 02:42 PM
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9. No Jinx; the driver admitted he was texting his girlfriend when he ran the red signal. (NT)

Edited on Sat May-09-09 02:42 PM by Tesha

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kojak

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Fri May-08-09 09:30 PM
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4. Driver was texting before the crash

What next? Airplane crashes because the pilot is too busy texting to see the ground flying towards them. Sheesh.

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SurfingScientist

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Fri May-08-09 10:48 PM
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6. You beat me to it. That's just unbelievable. NT

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edbermac

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Fri May-08-09 10:45 PM
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5. This idiot driver was texting and crashed into a parked train.

MBTA honcho says the driver is facing 'severe penalties up to possible termination' at the press conference on TV and that he was 'outraged'.

Severe penalties up to termination??? Anything less than termination would be an outrage. And I'm sure the injured passengers
are on the phone with their lawyers as we speak. On Monday morning the lawsuits will start flying.

:wtf:

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emilyg

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Fri May-08-09 11:55 PM
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7. Fire the dumb a**

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Hepburn

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Sat May-09-09 02:46 PM
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11. POSSIBLE termination?

Give me clue one as to why he should not be fired immediately!

:wow:

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Hepburn

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Sat May-09-09 02:45 PM
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10. Oh, wow....

...how horrible. But glad that none of the injuries are really bad and that no one was killed.

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hdayejr

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Sat May-09-09 05:48 PM
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12. Trolleys

One of the few cities left to have them. Were they ETB's? If so, they turn to garbage real quick. One got hit here in Dayton a month ago and the whole back of it was smashed pretty good.

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