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Seems similar to the Croydon tram crash:

A tram derailed in central Milan on Friday afternoon, hurtling off its
tracks at high speed and slamming into a building, killing two and leaving about 50 people injured.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/6094eb39-ed05-47c4-9c72-020fc1ee1fd7?shareToken=c880f7d1c55f6b3a085bf92d80385295


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Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

Seems similar to the Croydon tram crash:

A tram derailed in central Milan on Friday afternoon, hurtling off its
tracks at high speed and slamming into a building, killing two and leaving about 50 people injured.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/6094eb39-ed05-47c4-9c72-020fc1ee1fd7?shareToken=c880f7d1c55f6b3a085bf92d80385295

DoesnrCOt look like the fatalities were caused by being thrown through the windows and then being trapped by the vehicle ending up on its side though,
so more like a regular RTA except the vehicle concerned is normally on
rails. Considering the environment they operate in IrCOm surprised we donrCOt hear about more incidents, perhaps they donrCOt reported . Not that we have many systems in the UK
but Nottingham had that incident the other week where a Tram was derailed
in a collision with a bus.
Quite a knock when you see the photos but unlike Milan no building for the
tram to collide with after leaving the track. <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxgvzp1523o>

I recall on my last visit to Blackpool which was before the rebuild one of curves at Fleetwood showed evidence of several derailments in the road
surface.
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/JWH4sEy85BYZV2Bx6>

GH
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Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:

Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

Seems similar to the Croydon tram crash:

A tram derailed in central Milan on Friday afternoon, hurtling off its
tracks at high speed and slamming into a building, killing two and leaving >> about 50 people injured.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/6094eb39-ed05-47c4-9c72-020fc1ee1fd7?shareToken=c880f7d1c55f6b3a085bf92d80385295

DoesnrCOt look like the fatalities were caused by being thrown through the windows and then being trapped by the vehicle ending up on its side though, so more like a regular RTA except the vehicle concerned is normally on
rails.

Similar in the sense that a modern tram over-speeded on a tight curve, derailed, and flew off the track causing fatal casualties, because of
driver inattention. It comes as something of a surprise that even modern
trams seemingly have no over-speed protection l

Considering the environment they operate in IrCOm surprised we donrCOt
hear about more incidents, perhaps they donrCOt reported . Not that we have many systems in the UK
but Nottingham had that incident the other week where a Tram was derailed
in a collision with a bus.

Collisions on shared road sections are quite common, but over-speeding on curves is fortunately much less so.

Quite a knock when you see the photos but unlike Milan no building for the tram to collide with after leaving the track. <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxgvzp1523o>

I recall on my last visit to Blackpool which was before the rebuild one of curves at Fleetwood showed evidence of several derailments in the road surface.
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/JWH4sEy85BYZV2Bx6>

GH

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