[sanjuro]

An MBTA trolley operator was sending a text message to his girl-friend when he rear-ended a trolley last night in a crash that injured dozens of passengers and created a surreal scene as emergency workers set up a makeshift emergency area next to a circus tent before taking the wounded to hospitals.

ATTLEBORO -- The trolley operator who officials believe was texting on his cellphone before a crash on the Green Line Friday night was a 24-year-old man from Attleboro, an official said.

The operator's name was Aiden Quinn, said an MBTA official who was briefed on the accident. MBTA payroll records listed Quinn as a "streetcar motorperson," with a 2008 gross pay of $30,006. No one answered the door at Quinn's home tonight

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

Aiden Quinn. Sounds Italian.

 

[Kanye West]

Let us not forget the recent train collision in Chatsworth, CA killing a whole bunch of people, because the mental case driving the commuter train was texting some little boys and missed a stop signal.

 

[Potroast88]

MBTA payroll records listed Quinn as a "streetcar motorperson," with a 2008 gross pay of $30,006.

He was probably sending his resume to a better paying employer.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

It's Pat!

 

[maddog17]

He was probably sending his resume to a better paying employer.

he wouldn't have to the T pays pretty well. he's on the low side right now but he'll be making (would have) some good money in the future. he's the second greenline trolley conductor to get into an accident while texting. last year or so there was a woman conductor who was doing the same thing, but she died. she was going so fast she crushed her part of the trolley like an acordian. she was in her early 20's too.

 

[jimmydean]

Some peoples children.

 

[TreeSaw]

Is it really that important?

 

[TN]

It's Pat!

Aaaannd that's my little JOKE!