In Strasbourg, in eastern France, around 50 people were injured on Saturday when two trams collided in a tunnel near a railway station. Preliminary findings allowed us to exclude the hypothesis of intentional behavior, the prosecutor’s office said.
Earlier, the prefecture informed about 20 injured people, their condition is not life-threatening. More recently, about 50 people were slightly injured by rescue services. They also reported that about 100 people escaped the accident unharmed. Passenger injuries were broken bones or broken vertebrae.
The causes of the collision that happened around 16. France 3 regional television reported that for unknown reasons, one of the trams was on the wrong track and collided with another tram that was standing at the station. The Ministry of Transport stated that by analyzing the published records, it could be concluded that “a much more serious disaster was imminent.”
News portals published footage from social networks showing huge clouds of smoke coming from the tram. The frames also show people on the street trying to open locked car doors.
In Strasbourg, where the seats of the European Parliament and the European Council are located, the tram network, which was closed 30 years ago, was restored in 1994. After 1994, no serious accidents were registered there.
Main photo source: FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP / EastNews
