BOSTON — One of two trains involved in a collision on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s rapid-transit Green Line this month failed to stop at a red signal and was traveling faster than the posted 7 mph speed limit, an investigator told an MBTA committee on Monday.
The Associated Press reports that the train that caused the crash was traveling at 9 mph at the time of the collision; the second train involved was moving at 5.7 mph, Steven Culp, the agency’s chief investigation and safety assurance officer, told the MBTA board’s Safety, Health & Environment subcommittee.
Four operators were taken to a hospital after the June 1 collision; none of the passengers on board required medical treatment. The employees have been placed on paid administrative lead while the accident is investigated.
A Federal Transit Administration investigation into a series of recent MBTA incidents remains in progress, but has already issued recommendations regarding control center staffing, yard operations, track maintenance and operator certifications, MBTA Chief Safety Officer Ron Ester told the subcommittee.
