BFD - Trolley Accident - 11/29/12 - 36 Injured

[mack]

BFD responded to a 2 car trolley accident in subway - 29 November - 1153 hrs - MBTA station - Boylston St (trollies are Boston's Green Line system)







http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012/11/29/trolley-accident-reported-boylston-mbta-station/AFHlk9odLmBbDl87XLRqIO/story.html

http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/Several-injured-in-Boylston-Street-MBTA-Station-trolley-crash/-/11971628/17592758/-/xny6u0z/-/index.html

http://www.necn.com/11/29/12/Investigation-ongoing-into-MBTA-trolley-/landing.html?blockID=807897&feedID=11106

Possible responding BFD units:
E7, E10, E4, E22, E33, TL17, TL3, L24, L15, R1, Dist Chief 4, Div Chief 1

 

[mack]

Boston transit system used to be MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) - now called the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) or the "T":

Kingston Trio - M.T.A.
Old MTA pub song.

System includes subway, rail and buses.  Lines are Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line, Red Line, Silver Line.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority#Silver_Line

 

[patrickfd]

More pictures here;
http://northeastfirephotos.smugmug.com/2012FirePhotos/Boston-Boylston-St-MBTA/26801202_bNPT69#!i=2244398435&k=35SjhrB