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5 hospitalized after Green Line cars derail in Somerville
The National Transportation Safety Board said its team will arrive Sunday to begin an investigation into the crash.
Five people were sent to the hospital after a Green Line collision derailed two trains early Sunday morning, prompting an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, a Green Line train collided with an out-of-service train at the East Somerville station, the MBTA said. One car on each of the two-car trains derailed, and four operators and one rider were transported to the hospital to be evaluated, the transit agency said.
The rider, one of five traveling on the train at the time, reported a neck injury and was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital. The four operators have been released, the MBTA said.
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Shuttle buses continued to replace service from North Station on the Green Line’s Union Square and Medford/Tufts branches into Monday morning. The T announced shortly after 10 a.m. Monday that train service had resumed on both branches.
“Safety is our top priority,” the MBTA said on X. “We are conducting a comprehensive investigation with our partners at (the National Transportation Safety Board).”
A user on Reddit shared an image of what appeared to be a Green Line train with a smashed front, sharing that they were aboard the train during the crash. They said most of the passengers were bruised, and a train operator was bleeding from a split in her forehead.
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In October, another Green Line train derailed in Cambridge at the Lechmere station, near where the Medford-Tufts and Union branches of the line intersect. The NTSB’s report found that the train was traveling more than three times the speed limit and failed to stop for a signal before derailing.
The NTSB’s team arrived in Somerville Sunday to begin their investigation, the independent federal agency wrote on X.
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