BOSTON — Five members of an Amtrak maintenance-of-way crew have been taken to a hospital following an incident at a Boston rail yard Friday morning, WXFT-TV reports.
The injuries are non-life-threatening, Amtrak said in a statement.
The incident occurred about 4:30 a.m. at the Readville commuter rail station in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, about 8 miles south of Boston Back Bay station.
WCVB reports the injuries occurred when two on-track vehicles collided, according to MBTA Transit Police, who said the two vehicles sustained substantial damage. The station says it was told by a railroad worker that one vehicle rear-ended another when the first was stopped for a signal.
One of the pieces of equipment, derailed by the collision, was rerailed using a bucket loader. By about 3:30 p.m., it had been removed and the area was cleared.
Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan said in a statement that the department’s accident reconstruction unit was investigating, the Boston Globe reports.
It is the second maintenance incident for Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor in a week. A Northeast Regional train struck maintenance equipment near Kingston, R.I., on Friday, May 5 [see “No injuries reported as Amtrak train strikes track equipment …,” Trains News Wire, May 7, 2023]. One Amfleet coach was damaged in that incident.
— Updated at 6:15 p.m. CDT with additional details.
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