Wreckage of Green Line car #3667 after the accident.
Details
Date
May 28, 2008 5:51 pm
Location
Newton, Massachusetts
Line
Green Line D branch
Operator
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Incident type
Collision
Cause
Micro-sleep episode caused by sleep apnea[1]
Statistics
Trains
2
Deaths
1
Injured
14
List of rail accidents in 2008
On May 28, 2008, shortly before 6p.m., two westbound MBTA trains collided on the Green Line D branch between Woodland and Waban stations, behind 56 Dorset Road in Newton, Massachusetts.[2] An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) originally found the cause of the accident to be due to the operator texting while driving,[dubious – discuss] but the NTSB later found that the operator of the rear train, Terrese Edmonds, had not been using her cell phone at the time of the crash, but rather went into an episode of micro-sleep, causing her to lose awareness of her surroundings and miss potential hazards up ahead. The collision killed Edmonds, and numerous others were injured.[2] Fourteen passengers were taken to area hospitals; one was airlifted.[3] This crash, along with another similar accident a year later, led the NTSB to set higher standards and regulations regarding the use of cell phones while operating a train.
^"Collision Between Two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line Trains, Newton, Massachusetts, May 28, 2008" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. July 14, 2009. NTSB/RAR-09/02. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
^ abNoah Bierman; Ralph Ranalli; James Vaznis (May 29, 2008). "Trolley operator dies after collision in Newton". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
^Marie Szaniszlo; Casey Ross (May 28, 2008). "Several hurt as 2 T trains collide in Newton". Boston Herald. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
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