Old, New Trolleys Collide in Square; Twenty Are Injured, Six Seriously

Twenty people were injured in the Square yesterday--six, seriously--when an old type trolley crashed into a trackless trolley standing in the underground Metropolitan Transit Authority station.

Thirty more people involved in the accident were shaken up. Neither of the trolleys was severely damaged.

The crash occurred during the morning rush while passengers were boarding the trackless trolley. They old trolley, coming from Watertown, bumped into the rear of the standing bus.

Standing passengers were thrown violently backward into the aisle while seated riders were injured when their heads and necks snapped back against the seats. Six of the eleven victims who were sufficiently banged up to need hospital care incurred neck injuries.

Police were surprised by the small amount of injury done to the vehicles considering the rather large number of injuries suffered by the riders. The incoming street car was banged up is front while the bus only took a few dents in the rear. Both went to repair shops under their own power.