R36 Combine Coach wrote:Will this mean a reduced schedule (from the 5-minute headway on peak)?Adams_Umass_Boston wrote:"MBTA says the Mattapan Line will run with four trolleys rather than the normal set of five until it repairs the two trolleys involved in the collision."
Car 3262 is considered wrecked beyond repair while 3260 may be salvageable for future repair.
blackcap wrote:Update on the crash, as the operator of the trolley that rear-ended the stopped trolley has been fired and may face criminal charges:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/02/05/mbta-driver-fired-for-using-cellphone-time-mattapan-trolley-crash-december/UnP2HrSpLGqHGV5XxlFYPJ/story.html
... bring into question the safety of operating any of that fleet anymore ...
CRail wrote:Given the facts of the incident, I'd be more concerned if distraction was ruled out as it would indicate either some sort of medical episode or malice, or some catastrophic equipment failure which would bring into question the safety of operating any of that fleet anymore.
An MBTA trolley driver now facing criminal charges after crashing a Mattapan trolley into another train late last year has an eight-page driving record, with multiple license suspensions while he worked at the T — violations the agency said it wasn’t aware of at the time.
Leroy Mattison, 41, is due to be arraigned today in Dorchester District Court in connection with the Dec. 29 crash that injured 17 people, after transit police said he was using his cellphone to delete a Reddit.com post when he accidentally rammed another stopped trolley. He also had a loaded gun in his backpack on the train.
Mattison, who says he has a firearms license, defended himself in a phone interview yesterday, saying he’s “not a bad person” and hopes that everyone injured is “safe.”
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