Yesterday we reported on a crash between two Muni cars in San Francisco. Today (via the AP) the Union President says, “a light-rail operator blacked out just before his train crashed into a parked train, injuring dozens of passengers”. Apparently the blackout had to do with a medical condition. Four passengers were seriously injured in Saturday’s crash, including the driver.
From the AP, “The crash on Saturday afternoon injured 48 people, four seriously, in the latest in a series of commuter train wrecks in recent months in the U.S. None of the injuries were life-threatening.” Neither Turpin nor local transit officials would identify the driver, but said he started as a San Francisco bus driver in 1979 and switched to light rail in 2007. He was hospitalized after the crash and a drug test had been administered, which was standard procedure for crashes.
Let’s get it together! Enough with the crashes – especially because we believe more public transit is needed across the U.S.
Tags: crash, San Francisco, Subway, transit
