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Riders Suffer Head, Neck Pain After MBTA Crash at Boylston

So far there does not appear to be any major injuries.

Passengers are complaining of head and neck pain after a green line trolley bumped into another at Boylston Street station, the Boston Globe is reporting.

The station remains closed as emergency medical workers evaluate riders after the 11:48 a.m. crash.  

According to a witness interviewed by the Globe, customers were getting off an E Line train at the station when another E Line train collided with it. 

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MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said that neither train derailed and there was no damage, according to the Globe.

Pesaturo has not returned calls from Patch seeking comment. 

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"Customers desiring downtown service should utilize Haymarket, Downtown Crossing, Back Bay, and North Station to make downtown connections," wrote the T in its service alert...

Green Line passengers at Hynes, Copley, and Arlington desiring outbound Cleveland Circle- and Riverside-Branch service should utilize any train to Kenmore and transfer to the C- and D-Line. Green Heath Street passengers should utilize the Route 39 bus service."

 


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