BOSTON (AP)-Boston prosecutors are considering criminal charges against the transgender trolley driver who crashed into another trolley while texting his girlfriend, officials told ABC News today.
The office of Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley made the statement a day after ABCNews.com revealed that Aiden Quinn was hired in 2007 from a lottery that consisted of minority candidates. Quinn's status at that time was female-to-male transgender, and sources told ABC News that status was what qualified him as a minority.
The crash, which injured 46 people, is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Administration and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. But it is also being investigated by Conley's office for potential criminal charges, a spokesman for the DA told ABC News.
"The investigation is ongoing," said Conley's spokesman Jake Wark. "We have reviewed several statutes with potential relevance to this case."
Quinn's union representative met today with investigators from the MBTA and the National Transportation Safety Board. An earlier meeting scheduled for last Sunday was canceled when Quinn said he was too sick to attend. The Green Line trolley Quinn, 24, was driving rear-ended another trolley that was stopped between two underground stations in downtown Boston Friday night and he told police he was texting at the time of the crash, officials said.
Three of four trolley cars were crushed and MBTA officials estimated the cost of damages from the crash at $9.6 million.
The office of Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley made the statement a day after ABCNews.com revealed that Aiden Quinn was hired in 2007 from a lottery that consisted of minority candidates. Quinn's status at that time was female-to-male transgender, and sources told ABC News that status was what qualified him as a minority.
The crash, which injured 46 people, is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Administration and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. But it is also being investigated by Conley's office for potential criminal charges, a spokesman for the DA told ABC News.
"The investigation is ongoing," said Conley's spokesman Jake Wark. "We have reviewed several statutes with potential relevance to this case."
Quinn's union representative met today with investigators from the MBTA and the National Transportation Safety Board. An earlier meeting scheduled for last Sunday was canceled when Quinn said he was too sick to attend. The Green Line trolley Quinn, 24, was driving rear-ended another trolley that was stopped between two underground stations in downtown Boston Friday night and he told police he was texting at the time of the crash, officials said.
Three of four trolley cars were crushed and MBTA officials estimated the cost of damages from the crash at $9.6 million.
