Texting Driver Causes Boston Subway Crash

Collision in tunnel injures 49, including tech-addled conductor
Posted May 9, 2009 12:30 PM CDT
Texting Driver Causes Boston Subway Crash
Emergency personnel work outside the Government Center MBTA station in Boston, Friday, May 8, 2009. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager Dan Grabauskas says the collision occurred at 7:18 p.m. One trolley was stopped between Park and Government Center stations at a red signal...   (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

A subway conductor distracted by the text message he was sending his girlfriend caused a collision in a tunnel beneath downtown Boston last night, the Globe reports. One two-car Green Line trolley rear-ended another at the Government Center station, injuring 49. The victims included the 24-year-old texting driver, who will likely be fired and may face criminal charges, according to his boss.

"We let our employees know there is a zero-tolerance policy for any type of electronic device," said the head of the local transit authority, known as the T. "It's difficult for me to contain my outrage."
(More subway stories.)

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