The operator of the Green Line D train who died in last night's rear-end crash was Terrese Edmonds. She was only 24 years old, and she liked her job. Bostonist saw her father being interviewed by WBZ last night, saying how he thought it was her in that car and how he hadn't heard from her. The look on his face was heart-wrenching. It took seven hours to remove Edmonds' body from the wreckage.

One man told the Globe, "The whole cabin wrapped around her.... All I saw was a T blue shirt."

And now we ask, what happened?

Hate to say it, but the Green Line is a mess. Massachusetts Liberal is considering speed as a culprit for this accident and the recent Comm Ave/Chestnut Hill accident. A report from WCVB also indicates that Edmonds may have been using her cell phone at the time of the crash.

None of this sounds like rocket science, yet it will take the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) "up to 18 months" to deliver a report. (Why have these people not hired Stuart Spina? He'd have it done in a week.)

For a blow-by-blow account of the events near the scene, visit Margalit.

[Boston Globe, Boston Herald, MetroWest Daily News, WBZ, WCVB]

Image of Terrese Edmonds from her mySpace page.