[Transport] Boston LRT Accident Leads to Operator Cell-Phone Ban

[Glenn A. Walsh]

Last evening, several passengers were injured in Downtown Boston when one LRT train hit another LRT train at the end of the rush-hours in a Green Line subway tunnel. Text-messaging by one of the LRT conductors may have led to this accident. More info:

< http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090509/ap_on_re_us/us_trolley_crash >

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