US EditionMBTA train collides with tractor trailer, pushing truck down tracks
- On Wednesday around 1:40 p.m., an MBTA train hit a tractor-trailer in Canton.
- Collisions in Canton have occurred over the past 20 years, this being the third in weeks.
- The train, headed to Stoughton, struck the Ross Express truck at the Pine Street crossing.
- Canton Fire Chief Robery stated, "There is no issue with this crossing"; one person went to a hospital.
- The crash caused commuter rail delays and road closures, with the train terminating at Canton Center.
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1 hurt after train collides with tractor-trailer in Massachusetts
CANTON, Mass. (WPRI) — Travel was disrupted for hours on Wednesday after a Providence-Stoughton Commuter Line Train struck a tractor-trailer in Canton, Massachusetts. Cellphone video showed the driver jumping out of the tractor-trailer just before impact. The collision mangled the truck and left behind debris on the track. One passenger on the train was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The MBTA said safety warnings were in place at the…
Street closed in Canton after commuter train collides with truck
CANTON, Mass. (WLNE) — The Canton Police Department said a portion of Pine Street is closed after a commuter train collided with a truck on Wednesday. According to the MBTA, the unoccupied truck was stopped on the tracks when it was hit. Additionally, the MBTA said the crossing gates and lights were “operating as intended.” Nobody was injured, and passengers on the commuter train are being provided with shuttle buses in the meantime. While polic…
Crash between MBTA train, tractor-trailer in Canton, person taken to hospital - Boston News, Weather, Sports
A person was taken to the hospital after a crash between an MBTA Commuter Rail train and a tractor-trailer in Canton Wednesday, officials said. At around 1:40 p.m., firefighters responded to the railroad crossing on Pine Street when a 911 caller reported the collision, according to the Canton Fire Department. One occupant on the train suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital, the department said. The driver of the tractor-traile…
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