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A spate of student injuries at Boston College has the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority under fire. The investigation started in April with an auto accident that involved an MBTA trolley and some members of the Boston College hockey team. The investigation has essentially cleared the students of wrongdoing, but the information uncovered has left the MBTA looking for answers.  The students were not at fault in the incident that became the focus of national media scrutiny. The accident occurred when…

Ollie The Trolley, a specialized bus that tours Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, was a participant in a major accident last month. The crash, which took place on Florence Boulevard and Cass Street, in Omaha, happened when a driver of a Chevy Blazer, driven by Lois Rasmussen, hit the trolley carrying Campfire USA kids on a field trip.  Most of the children were injured, reports say. And those not hospitalized were shaken up. In all, paramedics took 14 kids and one adult to…

A woman who was struck by an allegedly drunk driver while walking on the sidewalk is expected to survive an accident that could have been fatal, reports say. Reports say 50-year-old Brian Campbell is accused of hitting Megan Smith in Carlsbad, Ca after too many alcoholic beverages. The man, who is currently in police custody, allegedly struck the pedestrian in Carlsbad while driving drunk, departed the scene, and crashed his pickup truck while trying to flee from police. Campbell hit…

A three- car accident involving a trolley shut down Corpus Christi’s Harbor Bridge for several hours last month as officials and emergency crew forced a massive cleanup, reports say. According to reports, a Chevrolet with three people inside was in the right lane with a flat tire at the base of the bridge. A blue Chevrolet, also with three people inside, was coming down the bridge and attempted to change lanes to stay a safe distance from the stopped car….

Reports say a person working on an elevator inside a South Miami Beach condominium were injured – one fatally – while working on the elevator. The accident occurred when an unidentified workman was inside the elevator as another climbed out of the top of the elevator, into the shaft to fix an unknown problem. The elevator then began to operate, causing the worker to be crushed between the shaft wall and the elevator between the fifth and sixth floors, reports…