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The district attorney has found no evidence of criminal conduct in the Green Line MBTA crash last month that mangled a trolley and left the T operator dead.

Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone announced this afternoon that the investigation into the May 28 trolley crash is closed.

Terrese Edmonds, 24, of Boston was operating the Green Line trolley through Newton during rush hour when the trolley rear-ended another trolley, leaving many of the passengers injured. Edmonds died in the crash.

The investigation, which included interviews with witnesses, crash reconstruction and forensic evidence examination, found no criminal conduct on the part of Edmonds or any of the survivors, according to the statement.

“There is insufficient evidence of criminal conduct by the operator of the striking trolley car,” according to the statement.

There had been speculation that Edmonds was using her cell phone when the trolley crashed, but the evidence did not bear that out.

“We found no affirmative evidence that the driver was using her cell phone in the moments leading up to the collision nor that it was a factor in the crash,” Leone said in the statement.

The investigation also found no evidence that Edmonds was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation by federal authorities.

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