BOSTON (CBS) – More than 20 people are being treated for injuries after a collision involving two Green Line trains in Boston. The crash happened shortly after 6 p.m. on the B Branch near Boston University’s Agganis Arena.
MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said the two trains were traveling westbound when the trailing train struck the one in front of it.
Brian Sirmon was on the now badly damaged train that was stopped when it was hit from behind. “All of a sudden it jerked forward really quickly,” Sirmon said. “People were thrown on the floor.”
The MBTA said 25 people received medical attention after the crash. EMS workers from Boston and Brookline transported 23 people to hospitals.
“There was a girl who was thrown on the floor and I think she dislocated her shoulder,” Sirmon said. “She was pretty bad. That was the reason I think that people started calling…
