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Wednesday
May282008

Two Commuter Trains Collide In Boston

Breaking Now:

Two commuter trains collide on the Green Line in Massachusetts near Brae Burn Country Club Wednesday evening, trapping and seriously injuring the operator of one of the trains.

MBTA officials said an outbound commuter train slowed to a stop on the tracks and was hit from behind by a second outbound train. The operator of the second train is trapped inside and has suffered serious injuries, though she is conscious, officials said. Emergency crews have been working to pull the woman out of the train.

It is unknown as of this writing how many other injuries there are, we will try to make an update as soon as more information becomes available.

Video from the aftermath of the train accident is below.

The story is still breaking but an update of 8 injuries is being reported now.

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As pointed out by the comments below (thank you Adam) the Green Line is an Elevated Trolley in the Suburbs.
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