Riders hurt in Green Line accident

(George Rizer/Globe Staff)

By George Rizer and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff

Nine people were taken to the hospital complaining of back and neck pain after two Green Line trolleys collided this morning at a platform at the Boylston Street station, according to Boston EMS and a spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

The collision just after 8 a.m. on the inbound Green Line tracks was described by MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo as a "minor accident." One trolley rear-ended another trolley that was stopped at the platform, he said.

Nine people, including the two trolley drivers and another T employee, were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, said Tim Holland, deputy superintendent of Boston Emergency Medical Services.

“There was nothing that was very serious," Holland said of the injuries. Most of the people “claimed they had no injuries and basically left the station.”

Two to three of the injured were carried out of the station on stretchers. Holland said the low speed of the collision kept the number of injured down.

There was no visible damage to the trolleys. Pesaturo said the vehicles sustained minor damage, although one car derailed.

The Green Line reopened at about 11:30 a.m. For several hours after the accident, passengers were bused between Kenmore Square and Park Street.

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