2 women injured in Boston trolley crash sue driver, transit agency; driver accused of texting

July 22nd, 2009 1 dead, 3 injured in Newark airport shuttle crashNEWARK, N.J. — A hotel shuttle and a bus carrying FedEx employees have collided at Newark Liberty International Airport, killing a driver and injuring three passengers.

July 21st, 2009 Victims improve as union says operator blacked outSAN FRANCISCO — The four most seriously injured victims in a weekend light-rail crash were improving Monday, as a union official said the operator of the train had blacked out just before the collision with a parked train. Two of the victims were in good condition, one was fair and the fourth had been transferred to another hospital for non-medical reasons, said Rachael Kagan, spokeswoman for San Francisco General Hospital.

July 20th, 2009 Rail operator's actions questioned in Calif. crashSAN FRANCISCO — Federal investigators are trying to find out why the operator of a San Francisco light-rail that crashed into a parked train and injured dozens of passengers had turned off the automatic controls moments before the collision.

July 20th, 2009 Boston trolley driver pleads not guilty in crashBOSTON — The former Boston subway operator who authorities say was texting during a crash that injured more than 60 people has pleaded not guilty in the case. Aiden Quinn was arraigned Monday in Suffolk Superior Court on charges of gross negligence by a person in control of a train.

July 20th, 2009 Union: SF train operator blacked out before crashSAN FRANCISCO — A light-rail operator blacked out just before his train crashed into a parked train, injuring dozens of passengers, the president of San Francisco's transit workers union said Monday. Union president Irwin Lum told The Associated Press a "medical condition" was to blame for the driver's loss of consciousness.

July 14th, 2009 NTSB: Boston trolley in 2008 crash going too fastBOSTON — Federal investigators say a Boston trolley operator who was killed when her train rammed into another didn't heed a red warning signal and was going too fast. National Transportation Safety Board investigators say Terrese Edmonds shouldn't have been traveling more than 10 mph after pulling out of a station in suburban Newton last year.

July 8th, 2009 Driver is indicted in Boston trolley accidentBOSTON — A Boston subway trolley driver was indicted Wednesday on allegations that he was sending a text message when the car he was operating plowed into another train, injuring more than 50 people. A Suffolk County grand jury indicted Aiden Quinn on charges of grossly negligent operation of the Green Line train.

June 9th, 2009 Boston agency suspends driver over cell phoneBOSTON — The Boston area's transportation agency has suspended its first driver for violating a new cell phone ban. Spokesman Joe Pesaturo (pes-AH'-tuhr-oh) says a 35-year-old driver was suspended last week.

June 9th, 2009 Boston motorman suspended for having cell phoneBOSTON — The Boston area's transportation agency has suspended its first driver for violating a new cell phone ban. Spokesman Joe Pesaturo (pes-AH'-tuhr-oh) says a 35-year-old driver was suspended last week.

June 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - At least four people, including two children, were killed and two others severely injured when a tractor-trolley in which they were travelling fell into a well in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Tuesday. "The mishap occurred Monday evening when the driver of the tractor-trolley lost control while trying to save a buffalo.

May 13th, 2009 Mass. transit authority banning driver cell phonesBOSTON — Massachusetts transportation officials announced Wednesday they were immediately banning nearly all mass-transit drivers in Boston from using or even carrying cell phones or other personal digital assistants after a text-messaging trolley driver caused a crash last week that injured nearly 50 people. MBTA train, street car and bus drivers caught using the devices can be suspended for 30 days after the first offense, with a recommendation for discharge.

May 10th, 2009 No mechanical problems seen in Mass. trolley crashBOSTON — A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board says no mechanical problems have been found on a Boston train that crashed into another Friday, injuring about 50 people.

May 9th, 2009 After crash, MA transit GM seeks operator cell banBOSTON — The head of the Boston-area transit authority says he'll ban all operators of trains and buses from even carrying a cell phone on board. That's after a conductor told police he was texting at the time of a trolley collison Friday.

May 9th, 2009 Trolleys collide in Boston; 49 people hurtBOSTON — A trolley rear-ended another trolley that was stopped between two underground stations in downtown Boston on Friday night, injuring about 50 people, and one of the conductors told police he was texting at the time of the crash, officials said. About 100 people were evacuated, and 49 were taken to area hospitals, but officials said their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.

May 9th, 2009 Trolleys collide in Boston; 46 people hurtBOSTON — A trolley rear-ended another trolley that was stopped between two underground stations in downtown Boston on Friday night, injuring about 50 people, and one of the conductors told police he was texting at the time of the crash, officials said. About 100 people were evacuated, and 46 were taken to area hospitals, but officials said their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.