Boston agency suspends 1st driver for carrying cell phone after post-crash ban

September 24th, 2009 13 taken to hospitals after Denver bus crashDENVER — Authorities say a mass-transit bus struck a light pole during the morning commute in Denver, sending 13 people to hospitals, including the driver. Police say none of the injuries in the Thursday crash appeared to be life-threatening.

August 7th, 2009 Agency: Ohio bus driver on phone when man killedCLEVELAND — An Ohio transit agency says a Cleveland bus driver was on her cell phone when her bus struck and killed a pedestrian in March. The disclosure came as 49-year-old Angela Williams of Cleveland was indicted Thursday on a felony charge of aggravated vehicular homicide.

July 21st, 2009 2 injured women sue over Boston trolley crashBOSTON — Two women injured when a Boston subway train struck the rear of another trolley have sued the transit agency and the train operator. A lawyer for Rebecca Bishop says the Lynn woman fractured her pelvis in the May 8 crash.

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 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 25th, 2009 Report: Driver didn't know Boston runway was openBOSTON — Federal investigators say a truck driver who crossed a runway at Boston's Logan International Airport seconds before a jet took off behind him told them he didn't know the runway was open. The preliminary report filed by the National Transportation Safety Board last week says the driver wasn't in contact with air traffic controllers and wasn't cleared to cross.

June 23rd, 2009 Oregon suspect's cell phone tone gives him awaySALEM, Ore. — When a suspect being chased by police rolled his car over police spike strips and his tires went flat, he dashed into a field of grass where he thought he could hide.

June 18th, 2009 Close call at Boston as truck crosses runwayBOSTON — Authorities say a construction truck crossed an airport runway in Boston just before a plane took off behind it. Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella says the plane and truck were "seconds" from colliding Thursday morning at Logan International.

June 16th, 2009 Woman accused of assaulting bus driver with changeBOSTON — A Boston woman accused of throwing a handful of change in the face of a Boston bus driver faces an assault charge. According to a police report, 23-year-old Chantal Williams boarded an MBTA bus Sunday and told the driver, "I only have this change and you're gonna let me ride this bus." The driver, according to the report, called dispatch to have Williams removed for refusing to pay the fare.

June 15th, 2009 Several teens reported hurt in Cascades bus crashBLEWETT PASS, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says a bus carrying 12 teenage passengers and a driver has crashed in the Cascade Range, injuring several people.

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.

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 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 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 Cell phone ban may follow Mass. trolley crashBOSTON — The head of the Boston-area transit authority said Saturday he'll ban all train and bus operators from even carrying cell phones on board after a trolley driver told police he was texting his girlfriend before a collision Friday.