7 dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
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7 dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
Sadly not getting much of a mention today on the news but sadly there have been fatalities. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37919658
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09-11-2016, 16:19
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Re: Five dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
The derailment looks like it's near to quite a sharp curve and must have been terrifying. My thoughts are with those injured and the family and friends of the poor people who have lost their lives.
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09-11-2016, 16:35
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Re: Five dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
Initially it looks like a simple case of going too fast round a sharp bend unless some mechanical failure is to blame. RIP those dead.
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09-11-2016, 19:10
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Re: Five dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
Sadly seven have now been confirmed as dead by the Police.
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Robin Smith, Assistant Chief Constable of the British Transport Police, said they were investigating whether the driver fell asleep, alongside "a number of factors".
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-en...ondon-37811029
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09-11-2016, 19:14
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Condolences to the families of the dead not the xmas they will ever have wanted to have.
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09-11-2016, 19:15
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Re: Five dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
I thought that trams like trains used a dead man's handle to cover falling asleep, dropping dead etc?
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Re: Five dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
It pretty staggering that the BBC News has been on for nearly 30 minutes and yet there is no mention of the seven that sadly died and over 50 injured in the tram crash today. 
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Re: Five dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
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It pretty staggering that the BBC News has been on for nearly 30 minutes and yet there is no mention of the seven that sadly died and over 50 injured in the tram crash today. |
It's the liberal elite's shock at a Trump win.
Just the day for the met to publish that report.
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Re: Five dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
Its a tram I use regularly and by chance I was in London today otherwise I could of been on it as I get it around these times
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09-11-2016, 19:43
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Re: Five dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
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Initially it looks like a simple case of going too fast round a sharp bend unless some mechanical failure is to blame. RIP those dead.
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Agreed.
The driver has now been arrested http://www.standard.co.uk/news/trans...-a3391446.html
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13-11-2016, 12:11
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Re: 7 dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
Croydon tram driver 'was typing a text on his phone' when the carriages derailed and flipped over, killing seven people
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4Pt0QCzd1
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13-11-2016, 13:30
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Re: Five dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
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It pretty staggering that the BBC News has been on for nearly 30 minutes and yet there is no mention of the seven that sadly died and over 50 injured in the tram crash today. |
To be fair this is a local story, while tragic unfortunately the Trump being the next President of the USA can effect us all.
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16-11-2016, 15:23
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Re: 7 dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
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The tram that derailed in Croydon killing seven people was travelling at three and a half times the speed limit, investigators have said.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the tram, which was carrying about 60 people, was travelling at 43.5mph in a 12mph zone.
In its interim report, it said there was no evidence of any track defects, or obstructions on the track.
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16-11-2016, 15:31
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Re: 7 dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
Three and a half times the speed limit is absolutely crazy. 
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Re: 7 dead and 50 injured as Croydon tram overturns
I heard an interview with a passenger on TV local news a few days ago and she'd been forced to email the company to report serious speeding of the tram she was on at that location a couple of weeks earlier. IIRC the company had already started investigating that incident when the fatal accident occurred and they later confirmed that 2 different drivers were involved in the 2 incidents.
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