MADRID Jan. 11 () –
Fifty people have been injured after a head-on collision between two trams that occurred this Saturday in the French city of Strasbourg. Up to 15 people have had to be transferred to a hospital.
The incident occurred at the Strasbourg Central Station tram stop. About 130 Firefighters are already working at the site.
Police sources cited by BFMTV television point to an error in the needles that caused the crash. Both drivers are uninjured.
The Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot, has announced that there is “an investigation underway to clarify the circumstances” of the accident.
The mayor of Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian, has highlighted the “brutal” nature of the crash. “It was a head-on collision caused by a tram that was going backwards. The investigation will allow us to know the causes of this accident,” he noted.
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