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Green Line Train Operator Who Was Text Messaging Girlfriend, 93-Year-Old Motorist that Drove into Wal-Mart, and Falmouth Driver Face Criminal Charges for Allegedly Causing Serious Injury Accidents

By Altman & Altman

Aiden Quinn, the 24-year-old Green Line train operator who was text messaging with his girlfriend when the train he was operating rear-ended another trolley has been indicted on a negligence charge. Three trolley cars were destroyed in the May 2009 Boston train accident that resulted in $9 million in damages. 62 people were injured. According to investigators, Quinn was texting on his cell phones and not look at the track when he ran a yellow light and a red light and then struck the other train. While none of the Massachusetts train accident injuries were fatal, one woman with a broken pelvis may never be able to walk again, and a teenager who broke her vertebrae sustained a concussion. The negligence charge he was indicted for comes with a maximum three-year prison sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on July 10, 2009 (boomark / email).