Texting Trolley Driver Who Caused Crash in Boston Hired Due to His Minority Status as Transgendered

And he had a bad history as a driver, too, getting three speeding tickets from 2002 to 2007 (in his own vehicle, not while driving the trolley).

Speeding is hardly a mortal sin, but these jobs are scarce -- there's a lottery for them. Shouldn't his driving history have disqualified him, given the large number of people fighting for these jobs?

Nope. Again, transgendered.

The Boston-area transit authority trolley driver who allegedly slammed into another train while text-messaging his girlfriend Friday was hired as a minority because of his transgendered "female-to-male" status and had three speeding tickets on his driving record in recent years, ABC News has learned.

Aiden Quinn, 24, was born Georgia Quinn and boasts on an Internet networking site that he was one of the first transgender hires by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

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"[Quinn] was initially hired as a minority and used her transgender status,'' an MBTA source said today.

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Three of four trolley cars were crushed and MBTA officials estimated the cost of damages from the crash at $9.6 million.

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Quinn did not show up for a scheduled meeting Sunday between MBTA officials and National Transportation Safety Board investigators, claiming that he was sick, Pesaturo said.

Quinn could face criminal charges.

He was sick.

posted by Ace at 01:10 PM

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