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MBTA pays $5M settlement over Red Line door-dragging death

S5 · 04/10
2025 · MBTA · Boston, MA, USA

Record

CompanyMBTA
Categoryother
Typeregulatory
Date04/10
2025
Time of daynot documented
LocationBoston, MA, USA · MBTA Red Line
SeverityS5 (fatality or catastrophic loss)
Scale1 fatality / systemwide door-safety scrutiny
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceBoston Herald / WBUR

What happened

MBTA agreed to a $5 million settlement with the family of Robinson Lalin, who died in April 2022 after a Red Line train's faulty door-control/interlock system let the train depart while his arm was trapped in the door.

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