Federal investigators haven’t yet discovered the cause of the crash, though they said the second trolley was traveling nearly four times the speed limit at the time of the collision. Authorities have ruled out faulty tracks or signal problems as the cause, as well.
BOSTON. A passenger who suffered multiple leg fractures and other injuries after being trapped in last month’s fatal Green Line trolley collision is suing the MBTA, alleging “carelessness and negligence.”
The civil complaint was filed on behalf of Min Perry, 37, of Wellesley. Perry was sitting behind the driver of the second trolley, 24-year-old Terrese Edmonds, who was killed when her trolley struck another along the D branch tracks leading to Woodland Station on May 28.
Boston attorney Ronald Gluck, who is representing Perry, said his client was thrown to the floor and trapped by the mangled trolley car for 20 minutes before rescue crews extracted her using the jaws-of-life.
Perry required emergency surgery following the accident and will now undergo extensive rehabilitation. Gluck, who described Perry as a regular MBTA rider, said his client “will live with the consequences of this crash, physically and emotionally, for years to come.”
An MBTA spokeswoman said yesterday the T does not comment on pending litigation.
