2 dead in Mass. train crash Options

[jis]

WOBURN, Mass. - A commuter train crashed into a work truck in its path Tuesday, killing two members a track maintenance crew and seriously injuring at least one other, transportation officials said.

The whole article can be found here.

[Skip Howard]

This from Boston.com
A commuter rail train plowed into a work crew at a Woburn track crossing, killing two workers and critically injuring another, while injuring several passengers as the massive locomotive lurched to a halt.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_regi...led_in_c_1.html

Video
from WHDH Channel 7
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO39572/

from WCVB Channel 5
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10706205/detail.html

and finally WBZ Channel 4
http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_009135028.html

[Skip Howard]

from this mornings Boston Herald:

A mistake at a railroad dispatch center sent a speeding train loaded with passengers on a collision course with six unsuspecting track workers in Woburn yesterday, killing two before they had time to escape the barreling locomotive, officials said.
more http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional...rticleid=176191

from WBZ: http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_010071502.html

from WCVB: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10712484/detail.html

and WHDH: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO39626/

[Skip Howard]

Update on the Woburn crash from the Boston Herald:

Investigators of Tuesday’s fatal Woburn crash believe a railroad dispatcher put the commuter train on a fatal collision course after she heard a maintenance truck call “clear” and mistakenly thought the six man crew had left the restricted work area, said a source briefed on a preliminary federal report.

rest of story here.

[Skip Howard]

Found this press release from the Brotherhood of MoW Employees. Interesting that 4 MoW members have been killed working for MBCR yet none in all the years Amtrak ran the system.

story here: http://www.bmwe.org/News/2007/01JAN/MBCR.pdf