Mass. transit authority banning driver cell phones after crash blamed on text-messaging

BOSTON — Massachusetts transportation officials announced Wednesday they were immediately banning nearly all mass-transit drivers in Boston from using or even carrying cell phones or other personal digital assistants after a text-messaging trolley driver caused a crash last week that injured nearly 50 people.

Federal investigators find no mechanical problems with trolley that crashed in Boston

BOSTON — A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board says no mechanical problems have been found on a Boston train that crashed into another Friday, injuring about 50 people.

After crash, MA transit chief to ban operators from bringing cell phones on buses and trains

BOSTON — The head of the Boston-area transit authority said Saturday he’ll ban all train and bus operators from even carrying cell phones on board after a trolley driver told police he was texting his girlfriend before a collision Friday.

After crash, Mass. transit chief to ban train and bus operators from bringing cells on board

BOSTON — The head of the Boston-area transit authority says he’ll ban all operators of trains and buses from even carrying a cell phone on board.

2 trolleys collide underground in downtown Boston; 49 injured people taken to hospitals

BOSTON — A trolley rear-ended another trolley that was stopped between two underground stations in downtown Boston on Friday night, injuring about 50 people, and one of the conductors told police he was texting at the time of the crash, officials said.

2 Green Line trolleys collide in downtown Boston; 46 people taken to hospitals

BOSTON — A trolley rear-ended another trolley that was stopped between two underground stations in downtown Boston on Friday night, injuring about 50 people, and one of the conductors told police he was texting at the time of the crash, officials said.

2 Green Line trolleys crash in downtown Boston; dozens with non-life-threatening injuries

BOSTON — Two trolleys have crashed between underground stations in downtown Boston, and dozens of people are reported injured.

2 Green Line trolleys crash in downtown Boston; at least 10 people report being injured

BOSTON — Two trolleys have crashed between two underground stations in downtown Boston, and at least 10 people are reported injured.