Boston Trolley Driver Had Sex Change, History of Speeding Infractions

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The Boston trolley driver who reportedly crashed his train while text-messaging his girlfriend is a transgender 24-year-old who had a female-to-male sex change, FOX News has confirmed.

Trolley driver Aiden Quinn changed the sexual designation on his driver's license and was once known as Georgia Ann Quinn, said Anne Dufresne, public relations director for the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.

Per Massachusetts law applicants must provide medical records confirming a gender change for the status to be reflected in official documents.

Quinn may face criminal charges and has already been suspended from work for his role in the crash that injured 50 people Friday night when his car ran a red light. Quinn suffered a broken wrist, and some passengers had to be evacuated from the scene of the accident on stretchers, MyFOXBoston reported.

Quinn could be fired as early as Tuesday for allegedly violating the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority's rules against using cell phones while operating a trolley, the Boston Herald reported.

Quinn admitted to police that he was sending text messages to his girlfriend from his cell phone when the accident occurred, MBTA general manager Daniel A. Grabauskas told the paper.
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The trolley operator, who received a series of speeding tickets and was involved in an automobile crash in 2008, was hired as a minority by the MBTA using his transgender status, according to ABC News.

Registry records show that Quinn has received three speeding tickets since 2002 and was partly responsible for a car accident in 2008, according to the Herald. But because he did not receive all three tickets in one year he was still eligible to work as a trolley operator, the Herald reported.

Quinn was suspended for one day in April 2008 for an "attendance issue," but has an otherwise clean disciplinary record, MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo told the paper.

Damages from the accident are expected to top $9 million dollars, according to the MBTA.

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