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Texting Driver Causes Boston Subway Crash

Collision in tunnel injures 49, including tech-addled conductor

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted May 9, 2009 12:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – A subway conductor distracted by the text message he was sending his girlfriend caused a collision in a tunnel beneath downtown Boston last night, the Globe reports. One two-car Green Line trolley rear-ended another at the Government Center station, injuring 49. The victims included the...   Read full story »

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