Friday, November 21, 2008

MBTA workers suspended in wake of accidents

BOSTON -Two MBTA trolley crew members involved in separate accidents in the past week have been suspended without pay after testing positive for drugs or alcohol.

Agency spokesman Joe Pesaturo tells The Boston Globe the crews were tested immediately after the incidents, and were suspended while the formal process of firing them is completed. Their names were not released.

Seven people were injured when one Green Line car struck the rear of another trolley at Boylston Station last Friday. A Boston College student was struck as he was crossing the tracks wearing headphones on Monday. The injuries were not considered life-threatening.

Boston Herald-Full Story

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