Source: BBC News
Croydon tram: Seven dead and fifty injured after derailment
Shortly after 06:00 AM on Wednesday morning a tram derailed by the Sandilands tram stop. The tram was heading towards Croydon from New Addington when the tram came off the rails. Seven people have died and many more are injured. The rail accident investigation branch (RAIB) have said that the tram was traveling at a "significantly higher speed than permitted" the actual speed limit at that specific part of the track is only 12 mph and the tram was supposedly going much faster.
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| Road blocked by ambulances and fire engines |
The driver of the tram, a 42 year old man from Beckenham has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Because of the derailment, tram services were stopped throughout the day causing massive amounts of traffic in and around Croydon and lots of people could not make it in to school or work. The roads were blocked around Sandilands with several: Fire engines, Ambulances and police vans.
I choose this story because the accident affected many people whether they were involved in the accident or stuck in the traffic caused by the accident, also tram services are used by hundreds of people every day. What made this news even more horrible for me is that I travel the same route to college every day and some of the people that sadly lost their lives lived locally to me.
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