London tram derailment kills at least 7, hurts 50

Posted: 9:30 AM, Nov 09, 2016
Updated: 2016-11-09 13:13:14-05
London tram derailment kills at least 7, hurts 50







"Initial indications suggest that the tram was traveling at a significantly higher speed than is permitted," it said in a statement.



Passenger Martin Bamford, 30, said the train speeded up and "everyone just literally went flying."

"There was a woman that was on top of me ... I don't think she made it at all," Bamford said outside Croydon University Hospital, where he was treated for rib injuries. "She wasn't responsive. There was blood everywhere."

Bamford said the driver told him that "he thinks he blacked out."

Liam Lehane of the London Ambulance Service described many of the people hurt as "walking wounded" but said others suffered serious injuries.



"I heard a massive crash at about 6:15 a.m., then heard shouting, then the emergency services arrived," said resident Hannah Collier, 23. "They started bringing up the casualties, some very seriously injured."

The British capital's only tram network operates in the southern end of the city, serving 27 million passengers in the last year.
