College student hit by Green Line train

 A Boston College student wearing headphones was hit by an inbound Green Line trolley yesterday morning as he was crossing over the B Line tracks on Commonwealth Avenue.

The 21-year-old unidentified student crossed the tracks a few hundred yards from the Boston College stop. The student was rushed to Brigham & Women’s Hospital with head and leg injuries, but he was apparently conscious and talking when he was taken from the scene.

MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said when the trolley’s operator saw the pedestrian, he sounded his horn but couldn’t avoid striking him.

“The operator blew his horn, but to no avail,” said Pesaturo, who characterized the pedestrian as “trespassing.”
The accident happened around 9:20 a.m., and riders were bused between the Boston College and Washington Street stops for several hours.

The majority of the B Line tracks along that stretch of Commonwealth Avenue are separated by a metal fence. But Pesaturo said the section of tracks where the student crossed was not fenced off because it used to be a crossover for drivers to take a left to get to the Boston Archdiocese property, which is now owned by Boston College.