Over a dozen injured in Warsaw tram accident
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
28.10.2015 11:52
At least 14 people have been injured when two trams collided in central Warsaw on Wednesday.
The mangled remains of the trams following the accident on Wednesday. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka
According to preliminary investigations, the two trams were travelling in the same direction when the driver of the first one braked suddenly to avoid a pedestrian who walked onto the tracks.
The second tram, travelling close behind, slammed into the back of the first.
Thirteen passengers were injured, as well as the driver of the second tram. The latter needed to be pried out of the wreckage by firefighters using specialist equipment.
The tram traffic on Al. Jerozolimskie in central Warsaw has been stopped in both directions on Wednesday. (rg/rk)