UK - Croydon tram derailment: Driver arrested - several killed - dozens injured, 2016

[CARIIS]

50 injured

• More than 50 people injured, some seriously
• Police called to Sandilands tram stop at 6:10am
• Two-car tram overturned in tunnel

[FONT=&amp][FONT=&amp]T[/FONT]he driver of a tram that derailed killing several people and injuring dozens more in Croydon has been arrested.[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]British Transport Police said the arrest had been made as emergency services continued to work at the scene near Sandilands tram stop to free people trapped in the two-carriage vehicle.[/FONT]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...erailment-five-trapped-and-40-people-injured/

[FONT=&quot]T[/FONT][FONT=&quot]oday's derailment is believed to be the first tram crash involving fatalities on board since 1959,

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]"Most of those patients were walking wounded. But there are, however, a number of patients with serious injuries

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[FONT=&quot]T[/FONT][FONT=&quot]he 23-year-old said: "I heard a massive crash at about 6.15am, then heard shouting, then the emergency services arrived. I'd say there are roughly 20-30 vehicles there now, then they started bringing up the casualties, some very seriously injured."[/FONT]

 

[katydid23]

Why was he arrested? -----was he drunk ?

 

[FranP]

The bend where the tram derailed has a speed limit of 12mph, and the Rail Accident Investigation Board has said that the train was going significantly faster at the time that it derailed. Apparently they and the British Transport Police are investigating whether the driver blacked out or feel asleep. There's no safety protection system on the tram system.

 

[Canadian4]

what is the difference between a tram and a train? Was this vehicle attached to overhead wires?

 

[CARIIS]

yes, trams have the attachment above to get power.

 

[CARIIS]

The tram's driver was Alfred Dorris, 42, of Beckenham, south London, was arrested and bailed afterwards


Detectives are investigating claims he was halfway through writing a text message when the tram derailed


Six men and one woman died and more than 50 people were injured when the carriages flipped over

had worked on the railways since 2008.Alfred Dorris, 42, from Beckenham,


The rush hour crash was the first fatal UK tram disaster in modern history and the worst incident on the railways for more than 15 years.

halfway through writing a text message

was travelling 'significantly' above the permitted speed while police are also examining a report that a tram 'lifted onto one side' at 40mph in the same area on October 31.


Colleagues have said that the driver may have blacked out.


Safety features in the cab mean the tram slows down if you let go of it for three seconds, but he fell on it.'

100 feet-long articulated tram

one of the deadliest incidents in recent British rail histor




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[MelmothTheLost]

what is the difference between a tram and a train? Was this vehicle attached to overhead wires?

Trams are urban rail systems which get power from overhead power cables.*

Electric trains can get their power either from overhead cables or from a live third rail between the two the wheels run on.

* Many years ago there were also trolley buses. These were also urban transport systems which took power from overhead cables but did not run on rails. Effectively they were a double-decker bus powered electrically from overhead.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Croydon tram crash: Passengers flung before fatal impact, trial told

Driver Alfred Dorris goes on trial over the 2016 crash in Croydon in which seven people were killed.

www.bbc.com