Train hits truck at crossing in Franklin, injuring 19 By Kyle Cheney and Rick Holland Monday, October 23, 2006 - Updated: 05:31 PM EST
A frantic train engineer yelling ‘‘Hold on!” gave passengers a split second to brace for a crushing collision on the MBTA commuter rail line in Franklin this morning. The train heading to Boston slammed into a flatbed truck carrying construction equipment at a Fisher Street crossing just before 8 a.m. and derailed, shutting down rail service beyond Dean College indefinitely, according to MBTA and Franklin officials. As of 1 p.m., 19 victims have been sent to the hospital with minor injuries. MBTA officials are saying it’s a miracle nobody was seriously hurt or killed. ‘‘In my nine years with the T, this is the worst I’ve seen,” said T spokesman Joe Pesaturo. Frank Boucher, a passenger on the train, said he almost got killed. ‘‘All of a sudden, the conductor yells ‘Hold on!’ and then everyone was screaming,” said the Boston photography student. ‘‘We were thrown sideways across the train car.” Seconds later, the bucket of the stone crusher on the tractor-trailer swung back at the train and crashed through the window next to him. ‘‘If my head had been leaning against the window, I would have been killed,” said Boucher. MBTA Police Sgt. Paul Carroll said T police and Franklin Police were on scene, along with the Franklin Fire Department. At least 11 ambulances responded to aid the ‘‘walking wounded.” Nearby Milford Regional Medical Center has taken in 19 patients and is in ‘‘disaster mode” anticipating an influx of more. ‘‘We implement our disaster plan in order to accommodate greater numbers of individuals that might come into the emergency department,” said Terri McDonald, spokeswoman for the hospital. However, all injuries have been minor ‘‘bumps and bruises” so far, McDonald added. The truck was operated by Walsh Contracting Company and a company spokesman said officials were heading to the accident site to determine what happened. The company declined to comment further while the incident was under investigation.
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Workers dismantle a truck and commuter rail train in Franklin after an accident this morning. (MetroWest Daily News photo by Jake Belcher)
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