The agency’s overtime bill is reportedly $82 million more than the MTA expected to bring in from its latest fare hike.
A woman got her hand stuck in a closed door of one of the new MUNI light rail vehicles before falling down onto the track.
The deadly crash occurred when a pick-up truck driver crossed a double, solid-yellow centerline, entered the southbound lane, and collided with a bus carrying 13 passengers.
Cause of 2017’s collision was a failure to properly communicate that vehicles get stuck on the tracks.
The Dec.18, 2017 derailment of Amtrak train #501 killed three people and injured 62.
After crash in March, Uber has also shuttered its self-driving vehicle testing in Arizona.
In an MBTA Transit Police affidavit filed in Dorchester District Court, investigators said the driver told authorities he reached into his backpack to “take a quick peek” at his phone shortly before the Dec. 29 crash.
Investigators interviewed the engineer and the qualifying conductor, who were in the lead locomotive during the accident trip.
Officials have been unable to interview the engineer, or the other crew member who was in the lead locomotive, because of their injuries sustained in the crash, according to a preliminary report that was released.
At least three people were killed and about 100 were injured. Officials also report that PTC was not activated on the train.
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